It’s no secret that early-career researchers are struggling with increased career uncertainty these days. In June and July, 61% of roughly 7700 postdocs from around the world reported feeling that the pandemic has negatively impacted their career prospects. A similar survey of more than 3000 U.S. graduate students found that roughly one in five altered their career plans after the pandemic started. “[W]e need to have a serious conversation about not finding academic jobs in the next four years,” wrote one respondent, who is now considering industry positions. “It is the... Read more about Science trainees face uncertain career prospects. Professional development programs can help [Science Mag]

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
One of the world’s premier pediatric hospitals and research institutions, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
(CHOP), views diversity as a key driver of achievement, particularly when innovation is critical. As such,
CHOP is committed to contributing to and supporting an inclusive and representative biomedical research
workforce.
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
CHOP Research Institute has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania to create the CHOP
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Academic Diversity. This partnership allows... Read more about Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Academic Diversity @ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania

More than 50 doctoral programs in the humanities and social sciences won’t be admitting new students in the fall of 2021 — a response to the pandemic and ensuing economic turmoil. It’s a sort of financial triage to help the programs devote funding to their current students, many of whom will be delayed in completing their degrees because of the disruptions. Suspending admissions for a year, some administrators say, will also allow them to reimagine their doctoral curricula to account for the flagging Ph.D. job market.

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Read more about More Doctoral Programs Suspend Admissions. That Could Have Lasting Effects on Graduate Education. [Chronicle of Higher Ed]

About Alacrita Consulting Inc.
Alacrita is a leading life sciences consulting firm with offices in Boston, London, and Switzerland. We deliver business development, product/drug development and strategy & commercialization support to the world’s leading biotech and pharma companies.

Location: Remote

About the Fellowship:
We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, entrepreneurial, hard working individuals to gain valuable experience in life sciences consulting, as part of our business development practice, where...

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Remote work expected until at least January, must be able to relocate to Austin once it is safe to return to campus
Application Deadline: October 14th
 
The Program Manager for Graduate Communities leads collaborative program and resource development to enhance the quality and quantity of personalized professional development services for under-represented graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.  The incumbent leads relationship management to advance collaborations with graduate student leaders, campus departments, career center offices, and the...

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Research Assistant Opportunity [DEADLINE EXTENDED]

The Scientific Citizenship Initiative (SCI) is seeking up to five research assistants to develop a series of public reports on key questions related to scientific citizenship. SCI is an HMS-based initiative seeking to make science more socially responsive and responsible by empowering scientists to collaboratively engage with and lead their communities and society (read our full mission).

Research assistants will work with the SCI team in one of the following topics:

1. ...

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Inspire middle and high school students while gaining valuable professional
experience in manuscript editing and review.

See attached flier for position details and how to apply.

Framed by the theoretical concept of person–environment fit from within a socialization model, we use an inductive, qualitative approach to explore how a sample of 42 early-stage doctoral students enrolled in biological sciences programs made decisions about fitting with a PI and within a lab. Results illuminated a complex array of factors that students considered in selecting a PI, including PI relationship, mentoring style, and professional stability.

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The Harvard Medical School Therapeutics Translation is seeking an individual to join its scientific team, in support of our drug discovery effort against emerging pathogens.  The candidate would work collaboratively with several labs at HMS and the affiliated hospitals as a key contributor for ongoing structural biology efforts assisting corona virus related drug discovery programs. This will include solving novel structures of both viral and host proteins and routine co-structures of small and large molecules with their target proteins.  The successful candidate will engage in...

Read more about Protein Sciences Specialist @ HMS Therapeutics Translation