The Doc Report - August 2023
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Newsletter Block TitlePostdoc Award & Fellowship Opportunities
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.
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.
Newsletter Block TitleLatest News
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.