SCIENCE NEEDS A NEW REWARD AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM

By Edyta Swider-Cios and colleagues The chance of 'success' in an academic science career, which has historically been defined as obtaining a permanent position, is low1,2. Because of this, early-career researchers, including PhD students, postdocs and junior faculty members, are vulnerable to extra stresses3-5. [...]those with no carer obligations often had to take on work responsibilities - particularly teaching and administrative work, but also experimental work, instrument maintenance and activities that required an in-person presence at the workplace, such as looking after cell, bacterial or fungal cultures, experimental animals or plants - from others who did have such obligations. Katalin Solymosi is an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, a board member of the Young Academy of Europe and co-chair of the Hungarian Young Academy.