But the government is likely to face renewed criticism that those not applying for science-related subjects will miss out in this summer's fierce competition for university places.
An emergency plan to expand the number of university places by 10,000 for this autumn to ease a crisis in the university admissions system has been criticised by students after ministers said it would be restricted to those applying for science-related courses.
The idea came in 2006 after Upton and some colleagues in the computer laboratory in Cambridge University shared concerns over their Friday beers at the decline in the number and skills of students applying for computer science classes.
"The days of applying for life sciences jobs online and hoping for an interview are long gone," Celidonio says.
Towards the end of my Ph.D., I started applying for jobs in science communication and scientific publishing, and was lucky enough to land a job in the Edinburgh office of Oxford-based Blackwell Publishing, working on a large astrophysics journal.
If you are applying for an intense science or medical program, highlight the research you have conducted as an undergrad.
At this point, we are still applying for funding from science foundations and agencies on a yearly basis.
This year, 69 people applied for the science fellowships and another 45 for the math; 13 science fellowships and 11 math fellowships were awarded.
If somebody is applying for a social sciences course, for example, we would want to see success in that area".
The data science team also started a series of talks called "Small Talks, Big Data" to inspire women outside of Airbnb to apply for data science jobs.
