A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
The changing career paths of PhDs and postdocs trained at EMBL
Authors: Lu Junyan, Velten Britta, Klaus Bernd, Ramm Mauricio, Huber Wolfgang, Coulthard-Graf Rachel
Publisher: eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
Publishing place: CAMBRIDGE
Publication year: 2023
Journal: eLife
Journal name in source: ELIFE
Journal acronym: ELIFE
Article number: e78706
Volume: 12
Number of pages: 16
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78706
Web address : https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78706
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/386821263
Individuals with PhDs and postdoctoral experience in the life sciences can pursue a variety of career paths. Many PhD students and postdocs aspire to a permanent research position at a university or research institute, but competition for such positions has increased. Here, we report a time-resolved analysis of the career paths of 2284 researchers who completed a PhD or a postdoc at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) between 1997 and 2020. The most prevalent career outcome was Academia: Principal Investigator (636/2284=27.8% of alumni), followed by Academia: Other (16.8%), Science-related Non-research (15.3%), Industry Research (14.5%), Academia: Postdoc (10.7%) and Non-science-related (4%); we were unable to determine the career path of the remaining 10.9% of alumni. While positions in Academia (Principal Investigator, Postdoc and Other) remained the most common destination for more recent alumni, entry into Science-related Non-research, Industry Research and Non-science-related positions has increased over time, and entry into Academia: Principal Investigator positions has decreased. Our analysis also reveals information on a number of factors - including publication records - that correlate with the career paths followed by researchers.
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