Approaches for Evaluating the NRC Resident Research Associateship Program at NIST (2007) / Chapter Skim
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and retain good people. As one participant noted: "It's a great way to try someone out." RESEARCH ASSOCIATES' CAREERS Three sources of information about the careers of RAs after the appointment are the final reports RAs fill out at the end of their postdoctoral appointment, a directory put together by The National Academies, and information from NIST about change in status of RAs.
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When adding in those RAs who were going to continue working at or for NIST as a contractor or as a temporary employee, about 45 percent of those who answered the question continued to be affiliated with NIST, compared with only 22.5 percent for the Research Associates who were in other RAPs. This lends credence to the views expressed by NIST/NRC Research Associates about their satisfaction with the program, to the view expressed by participants in the expert panels that the Research Associateships are a good entrée into a career at NIST, and to the view that NIST uses the Research Associateships as one recruiting tool for finding skilled employees.
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As Table 4-2 notes -- similarly with Table 4-1 -- among those who answered the questionnaire sent out to compile the Directory, 37.6 percent of former NIST/NRC RAs were employed at NIST when the survey was taken, compared with about 28.1 percent of former RAs of other RAPs, who were at their host agencies. A final data source are data collected by NIST of changes in postdoctoral status, that is: appointment start dates, appointment terminations, resignations, and most important for our purposes here, conversions of RAs to either term appointments of career conditional appointments.
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About 45 percent of RAs indicated that their immediate posttenure position was at NIST as a permanent, temporary, or contract employee after their appointment -- a higher percentage than RAs at other federal agencies. A survey of former RAs found that a higher percentage of former NIST/NRC RAs stayed at NIST than RAs at other federal agencies stayed at their host agency (37.6 to 28.1 percent)
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This is a census of former RAs; but as noted earlier in the report, many of these individuals could not be found or failed to respond to an earlier survey designed to collect information on their current employment. A second comparison group would consist of similar doctorates.
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K-12 ii. Two-year college, community college, or technical institute iii.
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11. Is your current employer the same as your first post-postdoctoral appointment employer?
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When it came to securing my first post-postdoc position, my postdoc experiences put me on an equal footing with other postdoctoral researchers of similar qualifications c. My postdoc experiences taught me most of what I needed to know to prepare grant proposals d.
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