Academia Content / Academia Content for 51ԹϺ Davis en Supporting Non-Linear Science Careers Strengthens Academia /blog/supporting-non-linear-science-careers-strengthens-academia <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Funding agencies and universities should make it more equitable for early-career investigators with non-traditional career paths to compete for grants and progress in their careers, argue four scholars with non-traditional backgrounds in a paper published Sept. 14 in <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002291">PLOS Biology</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> September 14, 2023 - 2:42pm Andy Fell /blog/supporting-non-linear-science-careers-strengthens-academia Solving the Conference/Child Care Career Conundrum /news/solving-conferencechild-care-career-conundrum <p>A group of female academics is calling on scientific conferences to do more to accommodate nursing mothers and parents to help normalize parenthood in academia — removing a significant barrier to women beginning their careers in science.</p> <p>“Nursing and child care, most often provided by women, are not a luxury; they are a biological necessity,” said Rebecca Calisi Rodriguez, assistant professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior at the University of California, Davis, who is organizing the effort.</p> March 05, 2018 - 3:06pm Andy Fell /news/solving-conferencechild-care-career-conundrum