Unequal Access to Resources Depresses Women Scientists' Publication Rates, Study Finds

Unequal Access to Resources Depresses Women Scientists' Publication Rates, Study Finds. Dec 17, 2012 Science Careers Blog. 

"Why do women scientists publish less than their male colleagues?   A study appearing in  PLOS ONE  on 12 December suggests an answer: women get a 'lower level of institutional support' from their universities."

NIH Promises to Improve Biomedical Research Training

NIH Promises to Improve Biomedical Research Training  by Jocelyn Kaiser on 7 Dec 2012, Science Insider.
"Reacting to a steep rise in the number of young biomedical scientists seeking scarce academic jobs, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to launch programs to prepare scientists for nonacademic careers, move students through their Ph.D.s faster, and bolster the pay of postdocs."  You can also read the NIH report.

myIDP: What Do You Care About?

myIDP: What Do You Care About?  Science Careers, By Bill Lindstaedt, Philip S. Clifford, Cynthia N. Fuhrmann, Jennifer A. Hobin December 07, 2012.   
This is the fourth article in a series designed to help you create an Individual Development Plan (IDP) using myIDP, a new Web-based career-planning tool created to help graduate students and postdocs in the sciences define and pursue their career goals. To learn more about myIDP and begin the career-planning process, please visit: http://myidp.sciencecareers.org.

NIH to Begin Enforcing Open-Access Policy on Research It Supports

NIH to Begin Enforcing Open-Access Policy on Research It Supports.  Posted on November 16, 2012 by Sally Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research.   
"...as of spring 2013 at the earliest, we will begin to hold processing of non-competing continuation awards if publications arising from grant awards are not in compliance with the public access policy."

Time Off for Dad

Time Off for Dad  by Susan Gaidos, Science Careers.  “Paternity leave is truly important because unless you actually have policies for fathers as well as mothers, mothers won’t take them.” —Mary Ann Mason