Katie LanginIn February, Ashley Ingiosi was excited to finally interview for a faculty position after spending 10 years in training as a grad student and postdoc. “Then COVID came around,” the Washington State University, Spokane, neuroscientist says, and the job opening was eliminated. “That was the end of my job search last year.”Now, Ingiosi is preparing applications for the 2020–21 academic cycle and is encountering a new problem: a dearth of faculty job openings.
This year, the job posting website she follows—NeuroRumblr—had only listed 50 faculty positions by the end of September. Last year, 108 positions had been posted by that time.