Investments in Early Career Scientists
Organized by Donna K. Ginther, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and Bruce A. Weinberg
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
April 25, 2025
National Press Club, Fourth Estate Room, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington DC, Zoom
National Press Club
Friday, April 25
8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
8:45 am
Welcome
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
The Future of Federal Research Funding
9:00 am
Keynote Address:
Recent Changes in NIH Peer Review
Noni Byrnes, PhD Director of the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health
10:30 am
Break
Doctoral Programs and Career Outcomes
10:45 am

Mapping the U.S. Scientific Training Ecosystem: New Data, Methods, and Evidence

Dror Shvadron, University of Toronto
Hansen Zhang, Duke University
Lee Fleming, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
11:30 am

Structuring PhD Programs: More Control, Better Outcomes?

Alberto Corsini, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Catalina Martínez, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Ernest Miguelez, AQR-IREA, University of Barcelona
12:15 pm
Lunch - Murrow Room
Short Presentations
1:00 pm

Graduate Student Unions, Wages and Scientific Productivity

Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and NBER
Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University
1:25 pm

Borrowing for Breakthroughs: Student Loans and Innovation

Alex Bell, Georgia State University
Vikram Jambulapati, University of California, San Diego
1:50 pm

Large Teams Overshadow Individual Recognition (slides)

Lulin Yang, University of Pittsburgh
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Lingfei Wu, University of Pittsburgh
2:15 pm
Break
Parenthood and Career Outcomes
2:30 pm

Parenthood and the Academic Ladder in Science (slides)

Sofie Cairo, Copenhagen Business School
Valentina Tartari, Stockholm School of Economics
Ria Ivandic, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Anne Sophie S. Lassen, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
3:15 pm

The Career Benefits and Missed Parenthood–Penalty of Obtaining Independent Post-doc Funding

Dirk Czarnitzki, KU Leuven
Wytse Joosten, National Bank of Belgium
Maikel Pellens, KU Leuven
Otto Toivanen, Aalto University
4:30 pm
Closing Remarks & Adjourn