The National Institutes of Health (NIH) advisory group has recommended a $14,000 increase in postdoc pay. This has sparked discussions about the potential impact of higher salaries, with some suggesting that fewer postdocs may be hired. The recent raises in postdoc pay, including at Harvard, have led to concerns about the attractiveness of postdoc positions. Despite feeling like academia's laborers, postdoctoral researchers are more optimistic about job prospects in a post-pandemic world, according to a survey of nearly 4000 postdocs. Calls for reimagining the postdoc experience and spearheading a cultural shift in funding bodies, particularly in biomedical research, have been made to address the wider problem of postdoctoral woes.
Postdoctoral woes, especially in biomedical research, are symptomatic of a wider problem. Funding bodies have an opportunity to spearhead a cultural shift https://t.co/ewakqsDurc
The postdoc experience is broken. Funders such as the NIH must help to reimagine it https://t.co/BsdzFysZN6
Postdoctoral researchers still feel as though they are academia’s drudge labourers, but have more confidence about job prospects in a post-pandemic world These are the thoughts of nearly 4000 postdocs around the world, from our 2023 postdoc survey https://t.co/ldSTbgNhKt
An interesting outcome of these recent raises (not just at Harvard) is how they are making more and more postdocs unattractive. This is a good thing. https://t.co/5wVzV7mwTn
Seeing a lot thrown around about how to pay increased salaries for postdocs. First, I am not taking a position here. Just thought I would share what some are telling me privately & I imagine many others are thinking: To pay higher salary, fewer postdocs will be hired. https://t.co/xej2zHsYH1
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