Shortly after becoming a full professor, I asked a colleague who had held that rank for years to name the greatest challenge she had faced in this ultimate chapter of faculty life. Her instant reply: ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Writing reference letters for students and postdocs is part of my job responsibilities as an ...

Implicit bias: study finds researchers write stronger recommendation letters for men. (Courtesy: iStock/AndreyPopov) Female postdoctoral fellowship applicants are half as likely as their male ...

Reference letters come in many different shapes and forms, so don’t think that one size fits all. I’ve written in the past about how to request reference letters in different situations, be it from ...

Letters of recommendation - critical to young scientists' chances of being hired for postdoctoral research positions - may be disadvantaging women from the very start of their careers, and the ...

Women and men applying for geoscience postdocs receive very different letters of support from their mentors. You have full access to this article via your institution. “These results uncover a real ...

CU Boulder partners with the University of California, which administers the program. The system only allows for one message to be sent about recommendation letters and the message is sent to mentors ...

Deadlines: Candidate application materials including a current CV, summary of doctoral dissertation, statement of research, mentor support letter, and two contact names for confidential letters of ...