The Doc Report - August 2023

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Postdoc Award & Fellowship Opportunities

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Call for Award Nominations: Outstanding Postdocs & Outstanding Mentors

Postdocs and their mentors are the engines of the CU Boulder research enterprise, and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) will again be recognizing Outstanding Postdocs and Outstanding Postdoc Mentors during National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), September 18-22. Nominations are due September 3; full details are here.


NPA Announces 2023-2024 IMPACT Fellowship Program

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is accepting applications for the NPA IMPACT Fellowship, which provides opportunities for marginalized early-career research trainees to build skills, understand strengths and develop networks .The deadline is August 15, 2023.


URA Visiting Scholars Program

The Visiting Scholars Program provides financial support for faculty, postdocs or graduate students from URA member universities to work at Fermilab, a particle physics and accelerator laboratory. Proposals are due Monday, August 28, 2023.


Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory opportunities for Postdocs

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) posted two new opportunities for consideration by university PhD candidates - the John S. Foster, Jr. and the Harold Brown Postdoctoral Fellowships. Application deadline is October 2, 2023.

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Latest News

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Nature: Postdoctoral researchers warn NIH that cost-of-living pressures are gutting the workforce

Nature contributor, Virginia Gewin, writes that pay and benefits top the list of concerns identified by a working group.


Save the Date: What Can You Be With a PhD? Symposium October 21 - 22

Postdocs will have the opportunity to attend a range of panel discussions over two days covering careers inside and outside of academia.