Candlelight vigil to advocate for R&D funding this fall!

[Christin Glorioso]

Hello Fellow Postdocs,

Are you worried about funding for your lab or the lab you plan to run in the future? Do you and/or your PI seem to spend all of your time writing grants? Do you know talented scientists that have left academia because of funding?

This is not surprising as science funding has dropped 30% in the last decade alone and is at a 40 yr low.

Please take a few minutes of your time to advocate for the future of science. Hopefully this will translate to hours gained in having to write less grants! Come light a candle for the ideas that haven't been worked, the cures that haven't been found, the talented researchers that have left academia, the hours lost writing grants instead of doing science.

When: September 17 6:30 pm
Where: Amphitheater outside of Stata building

We plan to send a picture of the event to congress along with a clear message about how the science funding crisis is affecting academics. It is a super critical time as we are in danger of entering another sequester this year.

If you have FB, please RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/673090636167954/.<https://www.facebook.com/events/673090636167954/> Feel free to forward this message to supporters of science.

Viva Science,

Christin

Christin Glorioso
Co-founder of Academics for the Future of Science
Postdoctoral Associate
Guarente Lab
Biology Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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