Twitter
RT @robannan: Love the mentorship idea for PDFs. Universities should tap their alum. @scienceadvocacy @UA_magazine #cdnpse http://t.co/tZ0Z4WEwUH
4 days agoRT @robannan: Love the mentorship idea for PDFs. Universities should tap their alum. @scienceadvocacy @UA_magazine #cdnpse http://t.co/tZ0Z4WEwUH
4 days agoLove the mentorship idea for PDFs. Universities should tap their alum. @scienceadvocacy @UA_magazine #cdnpse http://t.co/tZ0Z4WEwUH
4 days ago-
Recent Comments
- mom { http://louisvuittonoutletonsale2013.tumblr.com } – May 16, 9:13 AM
- Steel Targets For Shooting Range { Howdy just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in Safari. I'm... } – May 11, 9:19 PM
- frederick maryland { If you are not ready to fight with yourself, to say "NO" to things you liked to do or which were just a habit to... } – May 10, 6:05 AM
- Paul { Do you have to pay tax on CIHR post-doc income if you take it to a US school? } – Apr 29, 11:43 PM
Categories
-
Recent Posts
- Facilitating the Transition – new posts at University Affairs
- The Black Hole is Moving – Come join us at University Affairs
- More time doing research, less time applying for money – sounds great, right?
- CIHR Updates: Budget 2012 and Science Policy Fellowships
- A Difficult Pill to Swallow: The Harsh Realities of a 15% Funding Rate
This Quarter's Popular Posts
- Academia vs. Industry: A former Postdoc’s perspective (1,757)
- 2012 Taxes for Postdocs: Dredging up the Past (1,716)
- To postdoc or not to postdoc? (1,352)
- 2011 Taxes for Post Docs: At least we know the rules this year (1,210)
- Google Scholar "My Citations" - Useful tool or the height of narcissism? (936)
-
Random Post
Tag Archives: knowledge translation
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
Leave a comment
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
2 Comments
Quick Hit: New CIHR / Health Canada Science Policy Fellowships
An interesting development for those interested in getting more involved in the science policy world… CIHR and Health Canada have joined forces to offer fellowships in science policy The Science Policy Fellowships program will allow researchers at the doctoral, post-doctoral, … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, Policy
Tagged Canada, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health Canada, knowledge translation, life choices, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Policy Fellowship, Training, University
1 Comment
New Canadian Cancer Society Grant Programs (draft released)
The Canadian Cancer Society is the largest charitable funder of cancer research in Canada and they have undertaken a rather substantial redesign of their funding programs. Late last week, I received a draft version of the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute’s … Continue reading
Bold New Toppings: A closer look at the Council of Canadian Academies 3 year plan
Quick Hits: During election season, I thought it important to encourage all of our readers to get out and vote, especially those from the 18-24 age group. Even if you feel frustrated with the current lot of parties and MPs, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, Council of Canadian Academies, Government, Insight and Impact, knowledge translation, media, money, national academy of sciences, non-academic jobs, Policy, postacademic jobs, Rob Annan, royal society, Science, science and society, science communication, science literacy, science outreach, University
Leave a comment
Reducing medical (science) waste: Thinking before doing…
I was sitting down with a group of scientists following a football/soccer game the other day and dropped a bomb into the conversation by asking if people thought cancer research got too much money. Nobody, myself included, disputed the obvious … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial
Tagged Cambridge, Canada, core facility, degrees, discovery, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge economoy, knowledge translation, money, non-academic jobs, Peer Review, PhD, Post Doc, Science, Science journal, sustainable lab practice, Training, University
3 Comments
Quarterly Summary: Black Hole 2.0
Happy 2011 everyone – we hope you’ve all enjoyed 2010 and are looking forward to engaging you on many new (and old) issues in the coming year. It’s been a great quarter for us with increased traffic despite a slightly … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, science communication, science literacy, Summary, Training, transferrable skills, University
Leave a comment
So, you want to be an Educator when you grow up…
If you’re in graduate school or beyond, you have a wealth of experience to draw upon when it comes to assessing quality of educators. Some were engaging, inspiring, and really understood how to teach, others were boring, incomprehensible or simply … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs, Science Communication, So you want to be a...
Tagged AAAS, bachelors in education, Canada, carl weiman, College Instructor, Daily Planet, degrees, education, education research, educator, Employment, Fraser Institute, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, Let's Talk Science, life choices, Manning Centre, masters in education, MCAT preparation course, media, money, Museum Scientist, non-academic jobs, Pembina Institute, PhD, PHeT, Policy, postacademic jobs, primary school teacher, Quirks and Quarks, Science, science and society, Science Careers, science communication, science literacy, science outreach, Science World, secondary school teacher, Society for Science and the Public, Suzuki Foundation, Training, transferrable skills, University, Youth Science Canada
2 Comments
Quarterly Summary: Guest bloggers and the road to solutions
Over the first six months of this site’s existence, a lot of virtual ink has been dedicated to highlighting the major concerns about the way we train scientists and how scientific information is communicated to the public and government. The … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy
Tagged Canada, CAPS, career mobility, CIHR, Council of Canadian Academies, degrees, doctors, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science blogs, science communication, science literacy, Summary, Training, transferrable skills, University
2 Comments
Devils of Details: Getting Scientists to Understand How Policy Making Works
Yesterday I attended a panel discussion at Cambridge run by a group called the Centre for Science and Policy. It is part of a series of events designed to engage and unite those at the University who have an interest … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged AAAS, Cambridge, CSaP, Employment, ESRC Fellowship, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, Science Communcation, science literacy, science policy, SSHRC, Training, transferrable skills, University
9 Comments
