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  • Message Regarding '"Affiliate Membership Approval" E-mail

    January 18, 2012   If you recently received an e-mail from "Kenetia Thompson" with the subject "Natl Postdoc Assn Affiliate Membership Approval - Please Continue," please ignore that e-mail.  It was not sent by the NPA but came from a vendor that...
  • Apply for the Position of Outreach Committee Vice Chair

    January 10, 2012 Leader Wanted to Fill Position of Outreach Vice Chair Application Deadline: January 27, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. ET Outreach Committee| Description |Eligibility | Application Instructions |Questions The National Postdoctoral Association (...
  • Call for Poster Abstracts is Open

    2012 Annual Meeting Call for Poster Abstract Deadline for submission: January 9, 2012 Examples of Poster Content | Judging Criteria | Submit an Abstract The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) invites you to part...
  • Join the NPA Editorial Team

    November 30, 2011 The NPA seeks a new associate editor to join the current editorial team of the POSTDOCket. Associate editors are assigned a subset of articles by the Editor-in-Chief and correspond with authors to edit and finalize articles. The work re...
  • 10th Anniversary Mentor Award Call for Nominations Extended through Dec. 31, 2011

    December 16, 2011 Garnett-Powers & Associates, Inc. and the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 10th Anniversary Mentor Award. The award recognizes a faculty member who has engaged in exce...
  • Call for Travel Award Applications is Open

    November 18, 2011 The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is pleased to offer travel awards for postdoctoral scholars to attend our 10th Annual Meeting, which will be held in San Francisco, California, March 16-18, 2012.  The awards will cover r...
  • New Issue of the POSTDOCket Now Available!

    November 18, 2011 The Fall 2011 issue of the POSTDOCket is now available! This issue of the NPA's quarterly newsletter features an article on National Postdoc Appreciation Week; profiles of new leadership within the NPA member committees and the Board o...
  • NPA Committee Leaders Needed

    December 12, 2011 Help Lead the NPA We are currently seeking motivated leaders for the following positions: Meetings Committee Chair Resource Development Vice Chair Eligibility is limited to members of the NPA, including Sustaining Member represe...
  • Call for International Officers

    November 7, 2011 Leaders Wanted to Fill Two International Officer Positions! Application Deadlines: November 21, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. EDT International Officers | Eligibility | Application Instructions We are currently seeking two strong, dedicated l...
  • Deadline for Kauffman Foundation Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Awards Application TODAY AT 11:59 p.m.

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Postdoctoral Association have announced the call for applications for the 2012 Kauffman Foundation Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur and Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur awards, which recognize...
  • Pardon Our Progress!

    October 28, 2011**UPDATE We've run into a few glitches, so our new completion date is Monday, Oct. 31. October 20, 2011 The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is migrating to a new membership database, beginning Friday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. EDT. We a...
  • Dr. Alan Leshner, CEO of AAAS, Will Be the Keynote Speaker at the 2012 Annual Meeting

    October 13, 2011 The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is pleased to announce that Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Executive Publisher of Science, will be the Keynote S...
  • NSF Announces New Career-Life Balance Initiative

    September 27, 2011 The White House Council on Women and Girls, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the National Science Foundation held a national convocation at the White House on Monday to announce the NSF "Career-Life Balance ...
  • Call for Nominations for 2012 Distinguished Service Award Closes Oct. 17

    This call is now closed. September 7, 2011 The Call for Nominations for the 2012 Distinguished Service Award opened on September 7, 2011, and closed on October 17, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Distinguished Serv...
  • Summer 2011 POSTDOCket Issue Now Available!

    August 24, 2011 The Summer 2011 issue of the POSTDOCket is now available: {docs}Summer 2011 (Volume 9, Issue 3), postdocket-summer2011-vol9-iss3{/docs}. In this issue of the NPA's quarterly newsletter you will find articles on the importance of citation...
  • NIH Diversity Working Group Formed

    August 18, 2011 The newly formed National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) Diversity in Biomedical Research Working Group is co-chaired by Reed Tuckson, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, Unite...
  • Your Input Wanted for the NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group

    August 18, 2011 The recently formed National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical Research Working Group, a working group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director, is seeking to, according to the NIH Web site, "Develop a model for a sustainable and...
  • National Academies Committee Revisits the Postdoc Experience

    August 18, 2011 The National Academies has established the Committee to Review the State of the Postdoctoral Experience in Scientists and Engineers, and the committee membership information has been published for public comment. Follow this link to read ...
  • NPA Introduces New Committee Vice Chairs, Diversity Officers

    August 22, 2011 Since January, the National Postdoctoral Association Board of Directors has appointed five new committee leaders: Cory Blaiss, Ph.D., as vice chair of the Advocacy Committee; Jennifer Hobbs, Ph.D., as vice chair of the Meetings Committee;...
  • Meet the NPA Board Election Candidates: Election Underway

    September 26, 2011**Update Ballots have been sent out via e-mail to all voting members. If you did not receive your ballot, please contact us. Thank you! August 30, 2011 The NPA is holding elections this fall to bring six committed and energetic indiv...

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