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In implementing the recommendations of its Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group, NIH decides to play it safe.

Reconfiguring a professional and personal life takes serious planning. Here are five pointers from professors with recent sabbatical experience.

Science Careers presents articles on clinical and translational science careers, produced with generous support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Many Spanish trainees have been forced to start their doctorates without financial help.

Research shows that large admissions preferences stymie studies in science and technical subjects.

Analyzing your deeply held values is a crucial step in choosing a career in science.

Despite a wide range of initiatives to support women scientists in their careers, considerable barriers remain, as shown in a recent report by AAAS/L'Oréal. We examine what issues still need addressing in order to break down the remaining hurdles.

The American Chemical Society boldly and insightfully examines what's wrong with graduate education—and how to fix it.

Student- and staff-led groups at universities and biotechnology companies are helping to support and promote diversity in these settings.

Paternity leave helps fathers and mothers advance their careers; too bad it's not more common.

A report from the Australian government finds Aussie graduate students and postdocs, like their U.S. counterparts, frustrated by the job market.

Managing an intimate relationship at work requires awareness of potential pitfalls and a delicate balance of privacy and openness.

To help him write his dissertation, computer scientist Fred Stutzman created an app that blocks online distractions.

The ACS report on graduate and postdoc training goes where NIH's workforce working group didn't, recommending limiting Ph.D. production among other bold measures.

The House Judiciary Committee invited experts to discuss the effects of high-skill immigration on the U.S. workforce, but there was little talk about what employers actually need.

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

"I would say that there's definitely enough work to go around." --Emma Hitt

Answering these six questions can help you choose your career path without having to make major course corrections.

The Rand report concludes that, although adequate data and accurate assessments of labor market conditions are important for many different parties, early career and prospective scientists are especially vulnerable.

Like many of the folks here at Next Wave my professional journey has been radically nonlinear. I was a North Carolina...