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Low pay, exclusivity requirements and lack of support plague postdocs across Europe

Survey uncovers annual salaries as low as €5,000 in some Eastern European nations.
  1. Chris Woolston

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A survey of nearly 900 postdoctoral researchers from across Europe reveals that low pay, long hours and contractual barriers to obtaining outside work could jeopardize or hamper scientists’ future employability.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00688-8

References

  1. Ribeiro, M. J. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/523621 (2019).

  2. Science Europe Working Group on Research Careers. Postdoctoral Funding Schemes in Europe (Science Europe, 2016).

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