NPA Membership FAQ

As the national voice of the postdoctoral community, the NPA is the one national entity representing both postdocs and their institutions. NPA promotes a culture of inclusion through advocacy, professional development, member engagement and a tireless dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion. To help further our mission, join over 20,000 individuals and 230 organizations as a member of the NPA.

The NPA is a true membership organization, meaning each dollar of your dues supports the NPA operating budgets that allows us to provide programs and resources to all of our members.

Anyone! The NPA has membership options for both individuals and organizations.

• Affiliate individual memberships are free to individuals affiliated with current NPA organizational members. Affiliate memberships are open to graduate students, postdocs, and staff/faculty/non-postdocs. Affiliate members are not eligible to vote in NPA elections.
• Full individual memberships are open to all persons (postdocs, grad students, anyone interested in the postdoc community), regardless of any association with an institution, and require modest, annual dues. Full individual members are eligible to vote in NPA elections.

Visit this page, select your membership type, create an account (username and password), and follow the simple directions on the main registration form.

Current organizational members are listed in the right column of this page. If your institution is listed there, you are eligible to join as a free, affiliate member. If not, you can join as a full individual member for a modest fee, but make sure to let your institution know you would like it to join the NPA.

If your membership type requires a fee, payment can be made by credit card, check or ACH/direct deposit. There is a “bill me” option for organizations if you need to pay by check or ACH/direct deposit. Memberships become active after payment is received.

Your invoice can be found by logging in to the NPA website and looking under the "Payments & History" tab in your membership profile.

Memberships in a category requiring dues can renew 90 days in advance of the membership expiration date.

Log in to the NPA website. If it is within 90 days of your expiration date, there will be a renewal link to click on in the top middle of the page. If not, click on your name in the upper right corner, in the drop down menu click on “Account + Setting”, in the main window click on “Payments & History,” click on “Membership,” lastly click on “Securely renew your membership now,” and follow the prompts.

Go to our homepage and scroll down to where it says "Sign in." Log in using your username and password that you created when you joined the NPA.

Go to where you sign in on our homepage. Under the "Sign in" button there is a link to a webpage to change your password titled, "Forgot your password?" From there, enter your username or email and click the ‘reset password’ button. Then follow the remaining instructions listed on the webpage.

Log into the NPA website. Next, go to your "Profile" tab. From there you’ll be able to update your account information and any communication preferences.

Contact Kryste Ferguson, Manager of Membership & Special Projects, by email at membership@nationalpostdoc.org.