August 2026

New pre-print mixed-model analysis of Faculty Job Market applicant readiness!

We have been awarded a National Sciences Foundation EDU Core Grant Title: Collaborative Research: Understanding Career Entry into Biomedical Faculty Roles. December 2026 - November 2031 (Grant IDs: 2600059 to 2600061)

May 2026

Dr. Haage presented our data during the weekly seminar at Southern Illinois University (Department of Biomedical Sciences).

March 2026

Dr. Chris Smith presents our work at the National Postdoc Association meeting.

Towards a More Humane Process: Learning from the Experiences of Applicants on the Faculty Job Market

December 2025

Our Social Sciences paper is published!

November 2025

Thank-you to Burroughs Wellcome Fund for funding our data analysis and updates to our dashboard! 

May 2024

Increasing Transparency in the Academic Job Market

Presentation at NPA myPostdoc Monthly

Watch on YouTube

December 2024

We're Launching a New Qualitative Survey!

This winter we’re launching a new qualitative survey! Funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, we’re conducting interviews with applicants throughout their job search process until Spring 2025.

August 2024

We Posted Our Fourth Manuscript!

An updated analysis of the Biomedical Science Faculty Job Market.

March 2024

We Presented the Data Dashboard at NPA 2024

Earlier this month Drs. Jadavji and Smith presented our data dashboard at the 2024 meeting of the National Postdoctoral Association. In addition to a poster session, we also gave a special workshop entitled “The Academic Job Market Workshop: Understanding Where You Stand.”

May 2023

Launching Our Data Dashboard!

This month we launched our new data dashboard! We’ve aggregated the data from all of our applicant surveys for you to view and explore. Find trends, compare metrics, and follow along as we update it over time.

February 2023

We submitted our third manuscript describing the humanities and social sciences job market, entitled “Beyond the Leaky Pipeline: A Quantitative Analysis of the Academic Job Market in Humanities and Social Sciences.” Thank-you for Burroughs Wellcome Fund for the funds!

November 2022

Welcome to Dr. Lily Cheng!

This fall we welcomed a new member to the research team, Dr. You (Lily) Cheng! Dr. Cheng (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School where she studies dementia. Dr. Cheng is a neuroscientist, data scientist, and science communicator.

Dr. Cheng joined the team as a volunteer to enhance our research with her knowledge and skills in machine learning.

We look forward to a great collaboration!

May 2022

We Submitted Our Second Manuscript!

“The U.S. academic job market survives the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic”

Our second paper analyzing the availability of academic positions and the response of applicants early and midway through the pandemic.