Marie Delcy presents her research on "job crafting" to another person as they both stand in front of her poster at the 2025 Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) Meeting. Photo provided by Erin Dolan.

Marie Delcy and Dr. Erin Dolan stand in front of Marie's poster at the 2025 Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) Meeting. Photo provided by Erin Dolan.

#ECRSpotlight
PhD student Marie Delcy recently presented her C-CoMP research on how early career researchers #ECRs "job craft" to make their research training a better fit with their interests & aspirations at the 2025 @sabercommunity.bsky.social meeting. Marie works with @erindolan1.bsky.social.

My ongoing request:

If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.

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Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

1. Over the past four months I've talked with many foundation directors about science philanthropy during Trump 2.0.

Two things come to the fore every time.

i) The most important they can do is maintain the pipeline of talent

ii) With the federal govt pulling out, ROI is higher now than ever.

Interested in a life sci PhD but want more research experience & support applying to PhD programs? PREP@UGA may be a fit for you! This 1-yr, NIH-funded program includes research experience, professional development & salary. For details and to apply: prep.uga.edu/about/

Join us at UGA Entomology! We are searching for an assistant professor in quantitative insect ecology. Applications due January 31. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/406...

Twitter, Instagram, Blue Sky and LinkedIn: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (S.U.R.F.) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience, career development and mentorship! Join Black in Neuro on Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an information session with universities on the SURF application process. Register below here: https://tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 Alt text: Flyer is on a transparent background of a laboratory. At the top right is the Black In Neuro logo. Text at the top aligned in the middle says, A Session on SURF. Under this text says, Interested in a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (S.U.R.F.)? Join us for an info session with programs to learn application tips and more. On the bottom in the middle is a rounded rectangle of icons with calendar, clock, and location symbols on the left side. To the right is a blue bubble that says, January 10 2025. Under this is a blue bubble that says, 12:00-1:30 PM ET. Lastly is a blue bubble under that says Zoom. Black text on a yellow rectangle reads “ What is SURF?” Black text on lab experimental backgrounds reads, “Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) are 8-10 week research programs for students. SURF programs are great for people who want to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)! Black text on smaller individual yellow rectangles also read “ SURF provides: Career Development, Financial Support, Research Experience, Mentorship, and Networking”. Black In Neuro logo in top left.

Black text on a yellow rectangle reads “ What is SURF?” Black text on lab experimental backgrounds reads, “Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) are 8-10 week research programs for students. SURF programs are great for people who want to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)! Black text on smaller individual yellow rectangles also read “ SURF provides: Career Development, Financial Support, Research Experience, Mentorship, and Networking”. Black In Neuro logo in top left.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience, career development and mentorship! Join us Friday, Jan 10 at noon ET for an information session with universities on the application process.
Register 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪

🌊📣 'Tis the season for recommendation letters!
This new post in our equity & inclusion in undergraduate research blog series (co-written by @erindolan1.bsky.social and Victoria Centurino) offers guidance for writing effective and unbiased letters for your mentees! tinyurl.com/52xje9wh

And @lizbarnes.bsky.social

Also @kellyhogan.bsky.social @vijisathy.bsky.social

Try following @derekbruff.bsky.social @marielpfeifer.bsky.social I’ll recommend others as I find

One week left to apply for our faculty opening in Cell/Molecular Neuroscience at @universityofga.bsky.social! We are hiring TWO colleagues for expansion in this area in our department. Let me know if you have questions! #sciencejobs #Neuroscience 🧪🧬🧠
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/404...

Good question! Some and growing I think

A second People, Parasites, and Plagues podcast shout out to Mariel Pfeifer for her qualitative characterization of researcher identity!

A Lesson In Mentoring People, Parasites, and Plagues · Episode

Had a great time discussing our research on mentoring with Kim Klonowski and David Peterson on the People, Parasites, and Plagues podcast! Special shout out to Trevor Tuma for his leadership on this research! open.spotify.com/episode/4Jyz...

Don't use feedback from a single student about a single mentor to make evaluative judgments about that mentor. Rather, use results from the MURS to identify consistent patterns over time or broader trends to make decisions about how to support mentors to improve. For resources: cimerproject.org

Do you direct an undergraduate research program? Consider using the whole MURS or its dimensions to characterize the mentoring experiences of undergraduates in your programs. Then use the results to identify areas of mentoring strength and support mentors in making improvements.

Our paper presents robust evidence regarding the validity of the MURS, showing that sum scores on the MURS and scores on its dimensions can be used to evaluate undergraduate researchers’ mentoring experiences.

Good news = most ugrads experience positive research mentoring. Bad news = ugrads experience negative mentoring. ⬇️ MURS ~ ⬇️ post-research scientific self-efficacy, scientific identity, research task values, and research career intentions, after controlling for pre-research levels.

The MURS spans the range of mentoring experienced by undergraduate researchers– from positive mentoring experiences such as technical and psychosocial support to negative experiences with mentors such as mentor inaccessibility and abusive supervision.

Thrilled to share our new measure: the Mentoring in Undergraduate Research Survey (MURS)! www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/... Led by Lisa Limeri & grounded in work from Trevor Tuma when he was an REU student years ago. Thanks to the NSF IUSE program for supporting this work! #NSFfunded

🌊📣The new C-CoMP blog post in our equity & inclusion in undergraduate research series (written by @rachelgregor.bsky.social) offers considerations and suggestions for choosing inclusive conference locations. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/mr2nx23h

The second cohort of C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellows stand in front of the R/V Atlantic Explorer on their trip to Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) for their Research Week Experience. Photo credit: Victoria Centurino, WHOI.

📣There are just a few more days to apply to C-CoMP's #BridgetoPhD Fellowship (applications are due on 04/24/2024)! We especially welcome applications from people who bring diverse perspectives to STEM.
ccomp-stc.org/education-di...

C-CoMP Director Elizabeth Kujawinski stands on a stage at the ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting in February 2024 to present her award speech for the 2024 G. Evelyn Hutchinson award.

The six 2022 C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellows stand together in front of the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting sign. Photo credit: Victoria Centurino, WHOI.

New C-CoMP blog post: In February, C-CoMP members attended OSM24. C-CoMP Director Elizabeth Kujawinski received the 2024 ASLO Hutchinson award and our 2022 Bridge-to-PhD Fellows presented posters about their research. Learn more here: ccomp-stc.org/c-comp-at-oc...

Congratulations to Bob Schmitz (Genetics@UGA) who was announced the 2024 winner of the Charles Albert Shull Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists. www.genetics.uga.edu/directory/pe...

Creature Comforts partners with UGA wheat breeder to create 2024 Get Comfortable brew Wheat breeders spend years meticulously crossing varieties to coax the best traits out of each species, carefully propagating plant varieties that are healthier, heartier and better suited for the env...

Creature Comforts partners with UGA Griffin Campus wheat breeder, Dr. Mohamed Mergoum, to create 2024 Get Comfortable brew. newswire.caes.uga.edu/story.html/1...

Screenshot of an article published in the International Journal of STEM Education. The article title is "Beyond performance, competence and recognition: Forging a science researcher identity in the context of research training."

The "big" project from my postdoc is live today 🎉

We investigated how early career researchers see themselves AND how the context of a research experience influences science identity #academicsky

doi.org/10.1186/s405...

Shout out to my amazing collaborators! Including @erindolan1.bsky.social

Searching for a bio ed postdoc? There is still time to apply to join our NSF-funded postdoc cohort in cross-disciplinary bio ed research! Review of apps starts 2/19. We have a fantastic community of scholars studying teaching, learning, equity, and student development: seercenter.uga.edu/berpostdoc/

Want to design your research environment to be more accessible? Check out the most recent @microbialplanet.bsky.social blog post from @marielpfeifer.bsky.social on #Universaldesignforlearning in research mentoring: ccomp-stc.org/how-can-we-d...

Interested in a life sci PhD but want more research experience & support applying to PhD programs? PREP@UGA may be a fit for you! This 1-yr, NIH-funded program includes research experience, professional development & salary. For details and to apply: prep.uga.edu/about/