Private and public funders are powerful players in science, enabling a wide range of research worldwide. Their goals, conditions and evaluation procedures influence the types of research carried out and shape researchers’ careers.
The Chair of the EMBO Fellowship Committee and the Head of the Fellowship Programme give tips on how to put together the best possible application.
Just over five years ago, EMBO was one of the original signatories of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment.
Following a change in eligibility criteria, EMBO Short-Term Fellows are now able to extend their research visits for a further 90 days to complete work on a collaborative project or further hone their newly acquired skills.
If we want to share results in a reproducible and discoverable manner, both quality control and curation should become part of the preprint process, argues EMBO Head of Scientific Publications, Bernd Pulverer.
The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme funds more than 90 events with over 11,000 participants a year. As part of a series providing a look behind the scenes of EMBO events, three organisers share their top tips.
Each year, the EMBO Courses & Workshops Committee considers around 170 proposals, and funds in excess of 50% of them, based on three overarching criteria: an exciting and timely topic that isn’t being covered elsewhere; 30% or more female speakers; and timetabling of extensive networking opportunities. If the application is for a repeat meeting, good participant feedback is also important.
It began with an invitation from Kolkata. The Bose Institute had invited EMBO Council Member Victor de Lorenzo from the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain, to give a lecture as part of the institute’s 100th anniversary celebrations.
Ahead of a roundtable discussion between life scientists and the ERC Scientific Council, Maria Leptin reflects on the importance of providing feedback to create a European research environment that serves the needs of the community.
Green OA might look appealing at first, but if we want OA to work in a sustainable manner for papers in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals, it has to be gold, not green.