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An ad hoc committee conducted a study examining the policy and programmatic steps that the nation can undertake to ensure the successful launch and sustainment of careers among the next generation of researchers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, including the full range of health sciences supported by the NIH. The study examined evidence-based programs and policies that can reduce barriers to, and create more opportunities for, successful transitions to independent research careers. It also examinde factors that influence the stability and sustainability of the early stages of independent research careers.
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The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers: Breaking Through
Consensus Study Report
·2018
Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has developed the world's preeminent system for biomedical research, one that has given rise to revolutionary medical advances as well as a dynamic and innovative business sector generating high-quality jobs and powering economic output and ex...
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Statement/Letter
Dear Colleague Letter
Statement/Letter
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.pdf
Statement/Letter
American Physiological Society.pdf
Statement/Letter
Association of American Medical Colleges.pdf
Statement/Letter
Dear Colleague Letter.pdf
Statement/Letter
Recommendations
Responses to Recommendations
Recommendations
Event Highlight Reel
Watch the Report Release Briefing
Event Highlight Reel
Background Material
Future of Research.pdf
Background Material
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.pdf
Background Material
Commissioned Paper
Commissioned Paper Perspectives from The European Union.pdf
Commissioned Paper
Commissioned Paper Perspectives from China.pdf
Commissioned Paper
Commissioned Paper Perspectives from Canada.pdf
Commissioned Paper
Commissioned Paper Perspectives from The United Kingdom.pdf
Commissioned Paper
Commissioned Paper Perspectives from Singapore.pdf
Commissioned Paper
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