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- The human cost of the pressures of postdoctoral research https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2017/aug/10/the-human-cost-of-the-pressures-of-postdoctoral-research 15 comments
- More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia, finds study of 45,500 researchers. Those who stayed and landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00142-y 45 comments science
- A nonprofit called the Limitless Space Institute Is Giving Out Funding for Warp Drive Research (funding ranges from theoretical focus grants under $100,000 to 2 year postdoctoral fellowships of over $90,000 a year) https://technoblender.com/spacex-affiliated-group-giving-out-funding-for-warp-drive-research/ 71 comments space
- [N] Hiring: Postdoctoral researcher in RL/ML/CompNeuro https://www.kietzmannlab.org/ 12 comments machinelearning
- Austerity measures in Brazil will likely lead to the cancellation of more than 80,000 science scholarships for postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02484-w 5 comments worldnews
- Pay for US postdocs varies wildly by institution - Some postdoctoral researchers at public universities in the United States apparently work for fast-food wages whereas others make more than US$100,000 a year, an analysis of postdoc pay has revealed. http://www.nature.com/news/pay-for-us-postdocs-varies-wildly-by-institution-1.22932 136 comments science
- Women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields are more likely to advance professionally, publish more research and secure postdoctoral and faculty positions if their institutional culture is welcoming and sets clear expectations http://www.washington.edu/news/2019/01/09/minority-ph-d-students-in-stem-fare-better-with-clear-expectations-acceptance/ 14 comments science
- UK government cuts ALL funding for postdoctoral researchers in pure math - in fact, any math apart from applied probability and statistics http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~bt219/epsrc.html 142 comments math