Welcome to the NPA Team Visit Program homepage. This is an initiative established by the NPA to encourage Sustaining Member Postdoctoral Offices (PDOs) and Postdoctoral Associations (PDAs) to request direct assistance from the NPA in their establishment, organizational development and continued operations.
Overview
The Team Visit provides individualized consultation to NPA Sustaining Members at their home institution. The "Team" consists of NPA-approved experts with knowledge and experience in the areas requested by the hosting PDO/PDA. Team Visits can provide advice on any aspect of setting-up and developing your postdoctoral programs and services. An advantage of "on-site" assistance is that a range of stakeholders at your institution can participate in and benefit from the Visit. For additional information and benefits, see the Team Visit Program Description.
Team Visit Formats
Interested PDOs and PDAs may apply to co-sponsor or host a Team Visit in a variety of formats. See the menu of options for an overview of the various formats.
If you are unsure which format would be most constructive for your PDO/PDA, a short self-assessment is available to download. This PDO/PDA Worksheet asks a series of questions designed to lead a PDO/PDA through the types of issues that are most easily addressed using each different type of Team Visit format. To learn more about previous team visits that have already been conducted, please click here to download a table with details on locations, formats and other details. See also a recent article in the POSTDOCket on a Team Visit at the University of Utah (pg. 9).
Hosting a Team Visit
If you are interested in hosting a Team Visit, there are two avenues through which you may apply:
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Standard Team Visit Program is the traditional Team Visit program which provides on-site technical support for Sustaining Member PDOs and PDAs. Standard Team Visits applications can be submitted at any time and may require cost-sharing on the part of the host.
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If you are not an individual member of the NPA, and your home institution is not a member of the NPA, but you are interested in working to start a PDA or a PDO at your institution, the NPA would like to help. Please , NPA Executive Director.
For further questions, please .
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