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Bring home the (scientific) troops!
Read related entries to this post: Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research Repatriating young Canadian … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy
Tagged biomedical research, Budget 2010, business, Canada, CIHR, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, Faculty jobs, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health Canada, industry canada, Leona Aglukkaq, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, SSHRC, Stephen Harper, Training, University
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Quarterly Summary: A Busy Autumn + Goodbye and Good Luck to Beth!
Happy 2012 everyone. The end of 2011 was very busy, but it was worth it to gather some momentum behind the ideas and conversations from the site in the form of our session at the Canadian Science Policy Conference as … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Canada, degrees, education, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, money, non-academic jobs, PhD, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, Summary, Training, University
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Bidding You Adieu
So, a while back I mentioned that I would be applying to CIHR’s Science-to-Business (S2B) program, which provides scholarships for individuals with PhDs in a health related field to do MBAs. And the good news is that I was fortunate enough … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial
Tagged business, Canada, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, life choices, MBA, money, scholarship, Science-to-Business Program, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Notch 4 in the STIC – The 30 year old question: Why does Canada lag in R&D spending?
Many reports have been written over the past 30 years about Canada and its R&D spending, and they clamour one after the other about Canada’s relative lack of investment into R&D. We’ve been through periods of deep cutbacks and periods … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Jobs, Policy, STIC Report Analysis
Tagged business, Canada, Council of Canadian Academies, education, Employment, funding, Government, knowledge translation, money, Nortel, Policy, R&D, research and development, Research in Motion, Science, science and society, Science Technology and Innovation Council, Training, University
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Notch 2 in the STIC: Federal R&D spending, Direct vs. Indirect Funding
One of the most obvious statistics that jumps out of the Science Technology and Innovation Council’s report is the method by which the Government of Canada elects to fund research and development. Funding was broken apart into two categories: direct funding (grants, … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, STIC Report Analysis
Tagged business, Canada, direct funding, direct vs. indirect funding, education, Employment, Federal Review of Support to R&D, funding, Government, Industry, John Stewart, knowledge translation, money, non-academic jobs, Paul Wells, Policy, private sector research, research and development, research funding, Rob Annan, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Technology and Innovation Council, STIC, University
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Notch 1 in the STIC: The Production of PhDs – What Do We Do With Them?
In this first installment of our summer series on the Science, Technology and Innovation Council’s 2010 State of the Nation report, I’m going to take a look at some of the data on who’s getting an education in science and … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, STIC Report Analysis
Tagged business, Canada, CERC, CIHR, degrees, education, Education and Training, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, Jobs, life choices, money, PDF, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Technology and Innovation Council, STIC, Training, University
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2011 Summer Blog Series: Notches in the STIC
Over the last few weeks, Beth and I have been trying to identify a good topic for a summer series that our readers might enjoy. Just in time, offering the glue to hold our scattered ideas together, the Science, Technology … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Jobs, Policy, STIC Report Analysis
Tagged Banting, business, Canada, CERC, CIHR, degrees, education, Employment, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, money, NSERC, PDF, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Technology and Innovation Council, SSHRC, STIC, Training, University, Vanier
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Academia vs. Industry: A former Postdoc’s perspective
Academia vs. Industry I have had the unique opportunity to make this decision, recently. After nearly seven years of postdoctoral experience, I was ready for my first ‘real job’. By ready, I mean I had already been seeking that job … Continue reading
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Tagged biotechnology, business, Canada, CAPS, education, fellowship, Industry, life choices, Marianne Stanford, non-academic jobs, PDF, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, transferrable skills
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So you want to be a public servant when you grow up…
I have written before about how scientific information gets (poorly) communicated to the Government in entries about the routes of information acquisition and about getting scientists to understand how policy works. In my mind, one of the best ways of … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Canada, Canada Revenue Agencies, Career Sense, civil service, degrees, education, Employment, Environment Canada, Government, Graduate Student, Health Canada, Jobs, life choices, money, non-academic jobs, Policy, Post Secondary Recruitment, postacademic jobs, public service, Public Service Commission of Canada, Recruitment of Policy Leaders, Science, science and society, science communication, science literacy, Training, transferrable skills, University, University Affairs
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