A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls on Congress, NIH and its grantees to make changes to strengthen the future U.S. biomedical and behavioral sciences enterprise. The report highlights challenges, such as the limited number of available tenure-track positions and increasing average age to attain a first major NIH independent research grant, to the future research workforce. The report makes several recommendations such as increasing appropriations for NIH, creating new awards for postdoctoral researchers to advance their own work and enhanced professional development. A summary and the full report can be found on the National Academies website