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A Difficult Pill to Swallow: The Harsh Realities of a 15% Funding Rate
A country’s biomedical advancement and innovation is intimately linked to its investment in academic research (Measure for Measure: Chemical Research & Development Powers the U.S. Innovation Engine). Funding for research comes almost entirely from government and private donors (Stossel, T.P., … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Policy
Tagged biomedical research, Canada, CIHR, Education: The PhD Factory, fellowship, funding, funding rates, Government, Graduate Student, grant funding, money, NIH, PDF, Peer Review, PhD, Policy, postdoc, R01 grants, Training, United States, University
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Quarterly Summary: Jonathan Thon starts with a flourish
We were thrilled this quarter to welcome Dr. Jonathan Thon to the Black Hole in the capacity of regular contributor. He’s enthusiastically launched himself into the online blogging world with several articles and I’ve tried to scatter in a … Continue reading
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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2012 Taxes for Postdocs: Dredging up the Past
A landmark decision was made late last month by the Ontario Labour Relations Board regarding the status of postdoctoral fellows. Jesse Greener, President of the University of Toronto’s Postdoc Association has recently, and nicely, summarised the impacts of this ruling … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars, Canadian Taxes, CAPS, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Jesse Greener, McGill, money, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, taxes, Training, University, UofT PDA
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Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring
Read Jonathan’s earlier related entries to catch up on the series: Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research and The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes One approach, in which Canada is … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Jobs
Tagged Canada, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, K99 Transitional Award, life choices, PDF, PhD, Post Doc, scholarship, Science, Training, University
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Who do universities want to hire – scientists or politicians?
In his article The Vanishing Voter, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson makes a statement about modern political campaigns that made me a little nauseous: Ambition, manipulation, and deception have become as prominent as issues of policy and leadership You might scoff at … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, CIHR, degrees, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Jobs, life choices, money, NSERC, PDF, Peer Review, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, publications, scholarship, Science, science and society, scientist metric, selling science, SSHRC, Training, University
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The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes
Related post: Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research Science, technology, and innovation are critical drivers of economic growth and national well-being. In the context of health research, their impact extends to matters of human health, quality … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Jobs
Tagged Brigham and Women's, Canada, education, Employment, faculty positions, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Harvard, life choices, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, Science, Training, University
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Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research
The Black Hole is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Jonathan Thon to its team of regular bloggers. Jonathan approached us last month to publish a series of articles on building a better support structure for young biomedical scientists in Canada … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy
Tagged Canada, fellowship, funding, Government, investment in research, Jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, research, Science, Training, University
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It can be done: Moving labs with your CIHR fellowship
Winning a postdoctoral fellowship is not trivial and when you land in a suboptimal research situation after bringing in your own money, things can get pretty stressful. Today’s post is a guest post from a former colleague of mine who … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training
Tagged Canada, changing fellowship lab, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, Government, moving labs, moving postdoc lab, PDF, Post Doc, Science, Training, University
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