National Postdoctoral Association

National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | National Academies | Other

General Recommendations

• NPA's Agenda for Change
• NPA Recommendations for Postdoctoral Policies and Practices (February 2005, updated August 2011)
• NPA White Paper on Visa Reform (August 20, 2008)
• NPA Position Statement on Unions (updated May 18, 2006)

Recommendations & Comments to or in regard to the National Institutes of Health

• NPA Response to NIH Request for Information regarding the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Implementation Plan (April 22, 2013)
• NPA response to NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Group report (October 18, 2012)
• NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group report (June 2012)
• NPA Testimony to Senate regarding Fiscal Cliff (April 2012)
• NPA Response to NIH Request for information on Biomedical Workforce NOT OD 11-106-3 (October 7, 2011)
• NPA Response to NIGMS Request for Input Regarding Training (April 21, 2010)
• NPA Written Testimony to Senate (April 10, 2010)
• NPA Written Testimony to House (April 15, 2010)
• NPA Statement (Sept. 2009) (statement to NIH Director Francis Collins)
• NPA Letter to NIH Regarding the Stipend Freeze
• NPA Position Paper on NRSA Postdoctoral Stipends (June 20, 2008)
• NPA Comments on NIH NRSA Policy Changes (June 3, 2006)
• NPA Hails New NIH Career Award (January 27, 2006)
• NPA Response at the NIH Town Hall Meeting (November 30, 2005)
• NPA White Paper to the National Institutes of Health (Circa 2003)

Recommendations & Comments to the National Science Foundation

• NPA Comments on NSF Research Integrity Requirement (March 31, 2009)
• NPA Recommendations on NSF Mentoring Implementation (February 21, 2008)
• NPA comments on NSF Strategic Plan (January 20, 2006)
• NPA Recommendations to the National Science Board  (2005)

Recommendations & Comments to the National Academies of Science

• NPA Testimony Regarding the Status of Women of Color in STEM (May 29, 2012)
• As of Nov. 14, 2011, the NPA had submitted several documents to the National Academies of Science’s (NAS) Committee project: The State of the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers Revisited.
• NPA Response to the Bridges to Independence (May 11, 2005)
• NPA recommendations to the BHEW of the NAS (2005)

Recommendations & Comments on Other Federal Policies

• NPA Response to OSTP RFI - 12-6-2011 (NPA response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information: Building a 21st Century Bioeconomy) (December 6, 2011)
• NPA Comments on Federal Postdoc Training Principles (January 31, 2006)
• NPA Response to the "National Needs" Report (2005)
• NPA Supports Multiple PIs on Grants and Contracts (September 16 2005)