Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs (PDPA) is excited to introduce BU’s new PhD Core Capacities– a set of seven skills that all doctoral students at Boston University should develop in the course of their doctoral training to fulfill the expectations of the broader PhD workforce, These skills were identified by the Core Competencies Task Force, […]
Please join PDPA for a week of activities designed for postdocs! March 8- 12, 2021 March 8 Grab and Go Breakfast on CRC: Come grab some breakfast on the Charles River Campus before heading to work RSVP March 9 Grab and Go Breakfast on MED: Come grab some breakfast on the Medical Campus before heading to […]
Below are funding opportunities for postdocs in a variety of fields: Johns Hopkins University Funding page Children’s Tumor Foundation: Young Investigator Awards Allen Institute for Brain Science Motor Neurone Disease Association — Lady Edith Wolfson Fellowships – Clinician Scientist Fellowships NRC & NASEM – Methane Hydrate Graduate Fellowship Program American Academy of Child and Adolescent […]
With challenges, comes innovation. Join us for the first virtual National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) celebration, a multi-institutional collaboration, on September 21-25, 2020! NPAW is about celebrating YOU and the contributions you make to U.S. research and discovery. In light of COVID-19, organizations across the country are opening up events to allow for more virtual […]
Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs, in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning and Digital Learning & Innovation, have offered training sessions for graduate student and postdoctoral teaching fellows interested in developing strategies that support student learning and engagement in their online learning context. Training materials are available below. Learning Outcomes: After this workshop, […]
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Are you a faculty or staff member who supports postdocs? A postdoc looking for flexible professional development? Join us at a launch party and open house to learn more about the Postdoc Academy, a new online and in-person professional development program built specifically for postdocs by a team at Boston University, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin – […]
By Jeffrey Kuniholm, PhD Candidate, Department of Microbiology I’ve always seen the value in being the dumbest guy in the room. When I looked up this past September, I realized I was certainly the dumbest, maybe the youngest, and without question the least experienced. I was attending the 2019 GREAT Group meeting which is run by […]
PDPA is excited to announce a new initiative supported by the BU Wellness Project. BUrising seeks to promote mental health wellness in higher education by supporting doctoral and postdoctoral trainees at BU. This initiative will kick-off on January 29, 2020 with a day-long event focused on mental health wellbeing and resilience. Highlights include: Two talks […]
By Sarah Hokanson, Assistant Provost for Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs Just as you wouldn’t conduct your doctoral thesis research totally disconnected from the wider research within your discipline, our team often attends national conferences and participates in collaborative projects as a way of connecting the work we do here at BU to the bigger […]