I have been asked this question many times. Friends, family, strangers, hiring committees, students... many people are interested in...

Many people publish a Shadow CV of sorts, including Jeremy Fox at Dynamic Ecology and Manu Saunders at Ecology is not a dirty word....

Over the years I have seen a number of friends/colleagues suffer through tough times, uncertainty and poor mental health. We all know...

You’re at a conference volunteering at a career information session for graduates and postgraduates. You sit as part of a panel of...

This is not a blog that tells you how to do well in an interview. Those can be found in many other places (e.g. here and here). Rather,...

It’s a common question. A REALLY common question! Many countries throughout Europe and the Southern Hemisphere (e.g., Australia, New...

By Jasmine Janes, Manu Saunders and Sean Tomlinson Last month we posted a two-part blog post about the peer review of grants. In part one...

In case you missed it, or in case you forgot, here is a list of the questions that we asked regarding the grant application review...

By Dr Jasmine Janes, Dr Manu Saunders & Dr Sean Tomlinson Yesterday we asked if peer review in funding circles was biased, particularly...

By Dr Jasmine Janes, Dr Manu Saunders & Dr Sean Tomlinson The current system of peer reviewing grant proposals is recent, relative to...

Most days I feel a little like Lonesome George. You know, the tortoise that had no mate or friends. (My friend working on Galapagos...

Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) conference in Victoria (Canada), where...

In May this year I wrote a little post about my experience applying for a DECRA. Now that the results are out, I thought I should write a...

Many ambitious, early career researchers around the world will be considering applying for an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery...