STEM workforce
NIH’s advisory committee releases report on re-envisioning postdoc training
The working group developed six primary recommendations for the National Institutes of Health.
ASBMB pushes federal agencies to help students struggling with loan debt
The society states that increasing student debt and financial strain are hurting the U.S. research enterprise and federal agencies must do more to ease this burden.
NIH diversity supplements offer a pathway to independence
These funding mechanisms have been underutilized. The ASBMB public affairs staff offers recommendations to change that.
ASBMB weighs in on wage rules for postdocs
The society supports the Department of Labor’s proposed increase in minimum salary for exempt employees.
The inside scoop on NSF fellowships
National Science Foundation program directors share how grad students and postdocs can secure coveted funds.
‘The implosion of the large laboratory business model’
NIGMS Director Jon Lorsch talks about challenges for researchers, what the agency is doing to help early-career scientists and the future of academic labs.
Helping you get back to work
The National Institutes of Health and the Society of Women Engineers have programs to support returning scientists after a career break.
ASBMB calls for student loan relief
In public hearing testimony to the Department of Education, ASBMB calls for student loan relief programs and expresses concern about how student loans disadvantage the scientific workforce
Work rules for benefits programs deter low-income Americans from going to college
A million students may be at risk of losing food stamp benefits as restrictions resume.