So an attempt to correct the institutionalized discrimination against women in professional positions having children is discrimination against child-free people? Then I suppose you can extend the argument that being single with no children is a decision you've made with full knowledge of its potential negative effects on your career.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Aaron T. Dossey <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> >> >htt**p://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 > -- > Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology > Founder/Owner: All Things Bugs > Capitalizing on Low-Crawling Fruit from Insect-Based Innovation > http://allthingsbugs.com/**about/people/<http://allthingsbugs.com/about/people/> > http://www.facebook.com/**Allthingsbugs<http://www.facebook.com/Allthingsbugs> > https://www.facebook.com/**InvertebrateStudiesInstitute<https://www.facebook.com/InvertebrateStudiesInstitute> > 1-352-281-3643 >
