RESEARCHER Act aims to address financial instability of graduate and postdoctoral researchers.
The RESEARCHER Act mandates the Office of Science and Technology Policy to create policy guidelines for federal research agencies to tackle financial instability among graduate and postdoctoral researchers. These guidelines must consider increasing stipends, access to affordable housing, and reducing food insecurity. Federal research agencies must implement these policies within six months and report on their effectiveness. The National Science Foundation will fund data collection on researcher financial instability, and the National Academies will assess the issue.
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