As competition for faculty positions has grown increasingly fierce, postdoctoral training has become a requirement for securing a tenure-track position in most scientific disciplines. Postdoctoral ...

When you’ve spent years working to earn a PhD, you probably don’t want to hear that you’ve got more training ahead of you. But if you’re like many new PhDs, you won’t emerge from graduate school to ...

During my five years working in postdoctoral affairs at two higher education institutions, current postdoctoral associates have often shared their frustrations with me. Some feel they aren’t getting ...

For young life scientists hoping to land a prestigious faculty job in academia, postdoctoral research is practically a requirement. But it’s not a path equally open to everyone. Freshly minted life ...

The biomedical-research system in the United States now faces a host of external problems, financial and political. But as institutions panic over the looming prospect of reduced federal support for ...

Helping postdoctoral scholars prepare for the faculty positions by providing expert feedback and strategies for navigating the job search process from preparing applications to interviewing to ...

Julie Gould is a freelance journalist in London, and produces the Nature Careers Podcast. Nessa Carey, a UK entrepreneur and technology-transfer professional whose career has straddled academia and ...

The job letter or letter of interest for a postdoc application is similar to the academic job letter (see the Academic Statements Guide). The cover letter should be on letterhead of your department or ...

At every conference we have attended since we started working in pharma, we get the inevitable question: “Do you actually like it in industry?” The answer is always, “I love it!” This often stirs up a ...

The department may change the end date for the scholar using a Status Change form. Human Resources (HR) will verify that the postdoctoral scholar has not exceeded the six year limit (total at Michigan ...

Q | Write a brief introduction to yourself including the lab you work in and your research background. My name is Rishi Kumar Jaiswal, and I am working as a senior research scientist at the University ...

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