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BRIDGES TO INDEPENDENCE
FOSTERING THE INDEPENDENCE OF NEW INVESTIGATORS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH |
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Committee on Bridges to Independence: Identifying Opportunities for and , Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies |
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| ISBN 10: |
030909626X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309096263 |
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| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 July, 2005 |
| Pages: |
172 |
| Description: |
A rising median age at which PhDs receive their first research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is among the factors forcing academic biomedical researchers to spend longer periods of time before they can set their own research directions. This report is a result of a study conducted to address these issues. |
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A rising median age at which PhDa (TM)s receive their first research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is among the factors forcing academic biomedical researchers to spend longer periods of time before they can set their own research directions and establish there independence. The fear that promising prospective scientists will choose other career paths has raised concerns about the future of biomedical research in the United States. At the request of NIH, the National Academies conducted a study on ways to address these issues. The report recommends that NIH make fostering independence of biomedical researchers an agencywide goal, and that it take steps to provide postdocs and early-career investigators with more financial support for their own research, improve postdoc mentoring and establish programs for new investigators and staff scientists among other mechanisms. |
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US |
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National Academies Press |
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