Postdoctoral researchers warn NIH that cost-of-living pressures are gutting the workforce

Postdoctoral researchers have warned the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) that they feel undervalued and overworked at a time when they might want to start families and build retirement savings.

Around 90% of the comments made to an NIH working group were about pay and benefits, according to data presented at an online meeting of the group earlier this month.

The group was set up in November 2022 to investigate how…