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Postdocs

BY KATIE GEORGE | August 14 2024

Often confused as either students or faculty, this ‘in between’ position is vital to the academic ecosystem.

BY ARABY SMYTH | January 08 2024

If you are considering a postdoctoral fellowship, know that you may have to juggle relocation and a potential lack of resources and emotional support network.

BY KATIE GEORGE | November 29 2023

It is not enough to have a postdocs’ association at your institution – they require a voice, power and influence to make important changes for future researchers.

BY ARABY SMYTH | September 26 2023

Choosing the right one depends on your specific academic background, lived experience, personal interests and career goals.

BY CLAIRE KAMALIDDIN | June 30 2023

Four steps graduate students, postdocs and their allies can take to advance equality.

BY DAVID KENT | February 08 2023

The neuroscientist is gearing up to cover topics from open, team-based science to putting EDI to work in the field.

BY JONATHAN TURNER | September 23 2022

Strategies and resources for grad students and postdocs to increase the relevance of word-of-mouth referrals and internet-based research.

BY DERRICK E. RANCOURT | August 11 2022

Like personal goals, professional benchmarks can guide self-evaluation and setting targets for improvement.

BY MELISSA DALGLEISH | May 05 2022

When mentorship skills are a major influence on student success in STEM, how do you develop training that meets that challenge?

BY WILLEMIEKE KOUWENHOVEN, SARAH GRASEDIECK & EDRIS MADADIAN | January 26 2022

Redefining how university and institutional administrations see this vulnerable population of highly skilled workers is an important first step toward countering inequity and mending the gender gap in academia.

BY LAURA G. PIN & HANNAH L. HARRISON | May 21 2021

Postdocs recount three key elements in their strategy that led to their unionization efforts.

BY SHAUN KHOO | May 18 2021

Indexing scholarships and stipends is a simple yet effective way to maintain early career researchers’ standard of living.

BY JENNIFER POLK | May 27 2020

Rebecca Maymon of Adoc Talent Management explains how the PhD employment landscape is shifting.

BY JOE SPARLING | March 09 2020

If you’re a postdoctoral fellow funded by the institution where you work, you’re an employee, full stop.

BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS VENNE | December 18 2019

The Intersectoral Student Committee in Quebec findings reveal that postdocs face financial and professional instability, among other challenges.

BY DAVID KENT | December 12 2019

Many scientists are leaving academe, but why they leave and who remains will have substantial implications for how we train future scientists.

BY RENEE POLZIEHN | June 20 2019

Postdoctoral fellows are a unique group and they need career advice tailored specifically to them.

BY LÉO CHARBONNEAU | December 10 2018

The association representing postdocs unveiled four key policy recommendations at a conference in Ottawa.

BY DAVID KENT | November 30 2018

These relatively recent initiatives deserve recognition for helping the scientific community.