Sounds like institutionalized discrimination against unmarried people
without kids to me. But with nepotism (spousal hires, etc.) running
rampant in the ivory tower, I don't expect better in academia.
I wonder if I can get some funding to hire a maid or help with various
things as such. I am not married and have no kids, but society forgets
that people like me still have a LIFE. Some help with laundry and
cleaning, maybe some errands now and then, would help me a lot to
balance my LIFE and WORK.
I don't like the direction this NSF thing is going at all.
On 7/3/2013 11:01 PM, David Inouye wrote:
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13109/nsf13109.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click>http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13109/nsf13109.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Date: July 2, 2013
BACKGROUND
Instituted in 2012, NSF's Career-Life Balance (CLB) Initiative is an
ambitious, ten-year initiative that will build on the best of
family-friendly practices among individual NSF programs to expand them
to activities NSF-wide. This agency-level approach will help attract,
retain, and advance graduate students, postdoctoral students, and
early-career researchers in STEM fields. This effort is designed to
help reduce the rate at which women depart from the STEM workforce.
Further information on the CLB initiative may be found on the
Foundation's website.
The primary emphasis of NSF's CLB initiative in FY 2012 was focused on
opportunities such as dependent-care issues (child birth/adoption and
elder care). These issues initially were addressed through NSF's
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program, where career-life
balance opportunities can help retain a significant fraction of early
career STEM talent. In FY 2013, the Foundation intends to further
integrate CLB opportunities through other programs such as the
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and postdoctoral
fellowship programs, as well as expand opportunities such as dual
career-hiring through the Increasing the Participation and Advancement
of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
program. Each of these opportunities will be described and implemented
separately.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this DCL is to announce a gender neutral supplemental
funding opportunity for NSF research awardees that support
postdoctoral investigators. NSF recognizes that dependent care
responsibilities and other family considerations pose unique
challenges for postdoctoral researchers.
Principal Investigators (PIs) of research awards are invited to submit
supplemental funding requests to support additional personnel (e.g.,
research technicians or equivalent) to sustain research while the
postdoctoral researcher is on family leave. These requests may include
funding for up to 3 months of salary support, for a maximum of $12,000
in salary compensation. The fringe benefits and associated indirect
costs may be in addition to the salary payment and therefore, the
total supplemental funding request may exceed $12,000.
Special instructions for use by PIs and Sponsored Projects Offices in
preparation and submission of postdoctoral investigators-Life Balance
Supplemental Funding Requests are included as an attachment (see
below) to this DCL.
Additional questions should be directed to the cognizant NSF program
director identified in the award notice.
Sincerely,
Wanda E. Ward
Office Head
Office of International & Integrative Activities
ATD of ATB and ISI
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