03599nas a2200817   4500000000100000000000100001008003900002260001600041653001200057653002400069653002000093653001700113653002000130653002100150653002600171653001500197100002000212700002100232700002200253700002300275700001800298700002100316700001600337700002000353700002800373700001900401700002100420700002500441700002000466700001900486700001600505700002000521700002200541700003300563700001800596700002700614700001600641700001800657700001700675700001800692700001200710700001800722700001700740700002400757700001700781700001900798700002100817700002000838700001800858700002100876700002500897700001900922700002300941700001700964700002600981700001801007700002001025700002401045700002201069700001601091700002401107700002601131700001701157700002601174245010101200856008201301300001301383490000701396520136401403022001402767       0                             d  cJul 7, 202210aCareers10aCareers in research10aDecision making10aopen science10areproducibility10aResearch funding10aScientific publishing10aScientists1 aBrianne A. Kent1 aConstance Holman1 aEmmanuella Amoako1 aAlberto Antonietti1 aJames M. Azam1 aHanne Ballhausen1 aYaw Bediako1 aAnat M. Belasen1 aClarissa F. D. Carneiro1 aYen-Chung Chen1 aEwoud B. Compeer1 aChelsea A. C. Connor1 aSophia Crüwell1 aHumberto Debat1 aEmma Dorris1 aHedyeh Ebrahimi1 aJeffrey C. Erlich1 aFlorencia Fernández-Chiappe1 aFelix Fischer1 aMałgorzata Anna Gazda1 aToivo Glatz1 aPeter Grabitz1 aVerena Heise1 aDavid G. Kent1 aHung Lo1 aGary McDowell1 aDevang Mehta1 aWolf-Julian Neumann1 aKleber Neves1 aMark Patterson1 aNaomi C. Penfold1 aSophie K. Piper1 aIratxe Puebla1 aPeter K. Quashie1 aCarolina Paz Quezada1 aJulia L. Riley1 aJessica L. Rohmann1 aShyam Saladi1 aBenjamin Schwessinger1 aBob Siegerink1 aPaulina Stehlik1 aAlexandra Tzilivaki1 aKate D. L. Umbers1 aAalok Varma1 aKaivalya Walavalkar1 aCharlotte M. de Winde1 aCecilia Zaza1 aTracey L. Weissgerber00aRecommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice  uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680  ae30016800 v203 aEarly career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), which brought together 54 invited experts from 20 countries with extensive experience in ECR initiatives designed to improve the culture and practice of science. Together, we drafted 2 sets of recommendations for (1) ECRs directly involved in initiatives or activities to change research culture and practice; and (2) stakeholders who wish to support ECRs in these efforts. Importantly, these points apply to ECRs working to promote change on a systemic level, not only those improving aspects of their own work. In both sets of recommendations, we underline the importance of incentivizing and providing time and resources for systems-level science improvement activities, including ECRs in organizational decision-making processes, and working to dismantle structural barriers to participation for marginalized groups. We further highlight obstacles that ECRs face when working to promote reform, as well as proposed solutions and examples of current best practices. The abstract and recommendations for stakeholders are available in Dutch, German, Greek (abstract only), Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Serbian.  a1545-7885