Friday, March 19

8:00 am

Welcome
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Developing a Research Agenda for Early Career Scientists
Slides

8:30 am

Keynote: Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER
The Economics of the Postdoc
Slides

9:15 am

Panel 1: Research on Early Career Scientists (20 minutes per paper)

The Impact of Postdoctoral Fellowships on a Future Independent Career in Federally Funded Biomedical Research

Misty L. Heggeness, University of Kansas
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Maria Larenas, National Institute of Health
Frances Carter-Johnson, National Science Foundation

Publish and Train or Perish? Valuing the Early Career Outcomes of STEM Ph.D. Recipients

Xuan Jiang, Jinan University
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau

The Color of Money: Federal vs. Industry Funding of University Research

Tania Babina, University of Maryland and NBER
Alex Xi He, University of Maryland
Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Elisabeth Ruth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau

10:45 am

Break

11:15 am

Panel 2: Data Gaps in Studying Early Career Scientists (15 minutes per data)

Jaquelina Falkenheim, Senior Science Resources Analyst, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation
Slides

Jason Owen-Smith, Executive Director, Institute for Research on Innovation & Science, University of Michigan

Anne-Marie Coriat, Head of UK and Europe Research Landscape, Wellcome Trust
Slides

12:15 pm

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER

12:30 pm

Adjourn