Pre-application interviews involve meetings between supervisors and individuals who intend to submit a graduate application in the upcoming cycle. Though these interviews…
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Early Career Research Community Identifying the Inequities in Refusing Interviews Before Graduate Application Deadlines—And What We Can Do About ItRead more
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Academia Why refraining from academic flying may not be the best career moveRead more
My personal opinion of a professional dilemma Calculations show that only 2–4 % of the global population are flying. Academics from all over…
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PLoS Blogs 2020: A turning point for research data policy?Read more
This is a republished post in an effort to share PLOS posts relevant to early career researchers, especially news on peer review…
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The Student Blog Practical Apps for a new labRead more
Note: This post was written by Scott T. Aoki, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine…
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Chemistry Younger chemists host public outreach competition in honor of Earth DayRead more
Note: This post was written by Courtney Ngai, Public Outreach Chair for IYCN The International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) is pleased to announce…
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The Student Blog PLOS Stands with #ClimateStrikeRead more
This is a republished post in an effort to share PLOS posts relevant to early career researchers. Read the original post and…
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The Student Blog NatPhil – A Memoir of MentoringRead more
As many of us know and may have experienced, good mentors can have a long-lasting, positive impact on a young researcher taking…
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The Student Blog Meet Chintan Parmar: The Physics & Astronomy Category Recipient of the PLOS ONE Early Career Travel AwardRead more
The Physics & Astronomy Category Recipient of the PLOS ONE Early Career Travel Award in the Physical Sciences Is… post-info Thank…
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The Student Blog A Summer Science Reading ListRead more
I recognize that for many readers of this blog the concept of “summer vacation” no longer exists. Although graduate students are still…
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The Student Blog The Best Advice I Ever HeardRead more
Brief reflections on lessons learned from encounters with outstanding scientists in graduate school Now approaching the terminus of my time in graduate…
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The Student Blog Dealing with the reproducibility crisis: what can ECRs do about it?Read more
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (no judgment, by the way), I’m sure you’ve heard about the reproducibility crisis in scientific…
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The Student Blog The PLOS ONE Early Career Researcher Travel Awards in the Physical SciencesRead more
By PLOS ONE editors post-info Early career researchers (ECRs) are very much at the heart of what we do at PLOS. Last…