This article is the second in a two-part series reporting on the proceedings of the 17th Young Investigators’ Meeting (YIM 2025), held in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, from 3 to 7 March 2025. In the second part of this report, we discuss the takeaways from interactive ​‘Ask Us Anything’ open discussions, the ice-breaker session, and the proceedings from the PDF satellite meeting that followed the YIM 2025 from 6 and 7 March 2025.

The third Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting (RYIM) of the 2024 – 2025 took place in Chennai on 22-24 January 2025. Hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), the meeting featured insightful panel discussions, networking sessions, and discussions on the future of medicine and allied health sciences.

The RYIM Bengaluru, held from 28–30 November 2024, was the second Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting for the year 2024–2025, organised by four institutions in Bengaluru. The theme of the meeting was 'Accelerating Indian science through private investments.' In this article, the organisers highlight their experience of organising a regional YIM in Bengaluru.

The 6th National Post-Doc Symposium (NPDS), took place from October 12 to 14, 2023, at the Trivedi School of BioSciences, Ashoka University, Sonipat. It was organised by the Early Career Researchers at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, and Ashoka University, with support from IndiaBioscience.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers multiple funding schemes encouraging Indians across career stages to sojourn in Germany for internships, research projects, and networking. In this article, Manasvi CM highlights the salient features of these programs and their deadlines.

A whopping twenty thousand people registered to participate in the Science Leadership Workshop held last June. The virtual event paved the way for aspiring science leaders across various fields of science to glean insights and avail an internship from a panel of prominent science leaders from India and abroad. Trishala shares a few takeaways from the week-long event.

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Global Research Award is a career-development award open to early-career scientists and doctors working globally in the field of hematology. It supports their research careers during transitioning from training to independent leadership roles in hematology. The deadline for this year’s application is 31 August 2021.