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Providing a National Voice
NPA leaders have provided effective advocacy on a range of issues affecting postdocs. These include:
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Submitted a white paper calling for policy changes within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the establishment of expanded career transition awards. As a result, the NIH has now established the Pathways to Independence award to help postdocs successfully transition to tenure-track faculty positions.
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Submitted comments and testimony to multiple federal agencies and national organizations, including: the National Science Board; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the NIH; the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the National Academies.
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Represented postdocs at more than 200 national and regional meetings and conferences.
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Contributed to a statement on visa reform issued by the Science and Security Group, which resulted in favorable editorials in the New York Times and other leading national media outlets.
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Conducted scores of media interviews with national and internationally prominent publications, including Science, The Lancet, Nature, The Wall Street Journal, C&E News, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Scientist, which identified the NPA as one of the top five news stories of 2003.
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Co-sponsored multiple national conferences and meetings examining the status of postdocs, in partnership with organizations such as: Sigma Xi, SACNAS, the National Academies, and various research institutions.
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Dissemination of a White Paper on Visa Reform for International Postdocs to national policy makers.
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