Media Coverage Next Generation Researchers Initiative (current study) Board on Higher Education and Workforce March 28, 2017 50 Shades of Gray Inside Higher Ed The funding question is of concern to a number of academic groups, including the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which recently launched the Next Generation Researchers Initiative. February 1, 2017 Will more studies of the training and career mess actually create change? Science Magazine Nonetheless, in January, two ad hoc committees of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine kicked off projects to add to this literature. January 3, 2017 The new face of US science Nature In 2016, the NIH commissioned the National Academies of Science to develop a report for Congress on the next generation of scientists. Called the Next Generation Researchers Initiative, the report is expected to be published in 2018. December 6, 2016 New Medical Research Bill Aims to Help Early Career Scientists Science The legislation also calls for NIH to consider the forthcoming results of a National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine study into career barriers for junior biomedical researchers, though this study is not set to begin until January 2017 and is planned to take 18 months to complete.