| Chronology
September
8, 1998—Investigator/Administrative Officer Meeting
• Discussion
initiated on how to strengthen the Gladstone postdoctoral training
program
• Widely recognized that there are critical issues of compensation,
length of training, mentoring, career development, etc. that needed
to be considered
• Committee to Evaluate the Gladstone Postdoctoral Fellows
Training Program is established
November,
1998—Survey Sent to All Gladstone Postdoctoral Fellows
December
8, 1998—Investigator/Administrative Officer Meeting
• Report
given by chair of the evaluation committee, describing the survey
sent to all Gladstone postdoctoral fellows
• Committee was beginning to compile and annotate the survey
information
• Summary of results and recommendations to be presented
to the President in the spring of 1999
March
23, 1999—Investigator/Administrative
Officer Meeting
• Update
on activities of the postdoctoral evaluation committee presented,
including general conclusions
• Issues identified by the questionnaire fell into seven
categories:
Stipends
and benefits
Adequacy of training
Mentoring
Duration of training/career path setting
Career advice/job placement
Satisfaction with choice of Gladstone for postdoctoral studies
Additional issues
• Evaluation
committee collating and summarizing responses and developing specific
recommendations
April
22, 1999—Report
of Committee to Evaluate the Gladstone Postdoctoral Fellows Training
Program Delivered to the President
• 78-page
report summarized the survey data, key discussion points raised
by committee members, and specific recommendations
• 26 recommendations under the seven categories listed above
were outlined
• Report sent to Directors
May
7, 1999—President
Reports on Committee Evaluation and Recommendations to the Scientific
Staff at the Annual Joint Scientific Retreat
•
Highlights of the recommendations presented
• Report to be distributed in its entirety to all investigators
and any postdoctoral fellow upon request
• Established Committee
on Advancement of Women Scientists at Gladstone
to review attitudes and practices toward women postdoctoral fellows
at Gladstone and to develop a plan to promote women in science
• Plan to discuss and implement recommendations outlined
June
29, 1999—Investigator/Administrative
Officer Meeting
• Committee
recommendations discussed
• Three implementation subcommittees established
•
Recommendations grouped into three broad categories (stipends and
benefits, mentoring, and career development)
• Subcommittees to be composed of one principal investigator
and six to seven postdoctoral fellows, with support from administrative
staff as requested
• Charged with developing specific plans for implementation
written reports to be submitted to the President by August 15
July
20, 1999—Investigator
Meeting
• Chairpersons
of implementation subcommittees led a discussion of their understanding
of the recommendations in their area of responsibility
• Input from investigators and human resources officer provided
to the chairpersons
August
15, 1999—Reports from the implementation subcommittees
received by President
• Copies
of reports prepared for distribution to all principal investigators,
administrative officers, and postdoctoral fellows
August
18, 1999—Investigator
Meeting
• Implementation
subcommittee reports discussed
• Established consensus on details of implementation of
the 26 original recommendations
• Issues related to job classification and specifics of
the compensation plan resolved by the President, Directors, and
the human resources officer in closed session
August
26, 1999—Postdoctoral
Fellow/Investigator/Administrative Officer Meeting
• Report
on the implementation of recommendations presented by the President
and Directors
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