Postdocs should receive relocation benefits from the universities that hire them
Postdocs are essential to microbial science and STEM academic workforces but are underpaid and receive little-to-no relocation benefits. PhDs foregoing postdoctoral training for lucrative industry and government jobs exit the academic pipeline, which imperils current scholarship and the future professoriate. Relocation to postdoc jobs is expensive, especially for recent graduates and international scholars, but academia rarely provides support. Solving this short-term liquidity pressure can increase productivity, job satisfaction, and the likelihood they remain in academia.
Authors
- James W. Gentry
- Zakee L. Sabree (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-1641)
- Kayla Cross
- Katie McAfee
Institutions
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01483-24
- Primary Topic
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Battelle
- Yale University
- Princeton University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Pennsylvania
- Ohio State University
- Harvard University
- Arizona State University
- Auburn University
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Yale University
- Office of the Dean for Research, Princeton University
- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
- Stanford Bio-X
- National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics