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H.R. 144, the Supporting Early Career Researchers Act
Summary
This bill authorizes the National Science Foundation to establish a two-year pilot program to award grants to highly qualified early-career investigators to carry out an independent research program at the institution of higher education chosen by such investigator, to last for a period not greater than two years.
Status
Follow the bill's progress HERE.
Endorsements
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Astronomical Society
American Chemical Society
American Educational Research Association
American Mathematical Society
American Physical Society
American Physiological Society
American Political Science Association
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Associated Medical Schools of New York
Association of American Universities
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Assembly
Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Consortium of Social Science Associations
Council on Undergraduate Research
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
“COVID has severely reduced the ability of behavioral and brain researchers to collect new data. At the same time, it has created uncertainty for universities, many of which have reduced or eliminated faculty hiring. The impact of this twin disruption falls especially heavily on the shoulders of recent PhDs and current postdoctoral fellows, who are unable to proceed with planned career trajectories and may leave science altogether.” - Nora S. Newcombe, Past-President of FABBS
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
IEEE-USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Student Council
National Postdoctoral Association
Population Association of America
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
State University System of Florida
University of Colorado Boulder