Postdocs Overview

PAI Participant Overview

The postdoc experience is recognized as an important and critical maturation period to foster success for a new assistant professor entering the academy. Big Ten Academic Alliance universities are committed to increasing their efforts to provide more comprehensive professional training for postdocs.

Big Ten Academic Alliance PAI postdoctoral scholars participate in the PAI Workshop Series. The series includes highly interactive and synchronous virtual sessions that are focused on developing the skills needed for transition to a tenure-track STEM faculty position. This series covers topics such as mentoring, team science, and grant writing.

Eligibility

Postdoctoral scholars wishing to participate in PAI must meet the following criteria established by the National Science Foundation:

• Working as a postdoctoral scholar in a  science, technology, engineering, or mathematics discipline at a Big Ten Academic Alliance PAI participating university
• Be a U.S. citizen
• Be an African American, Hispanic American, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under AGEP-Transformation #1309028 and #1309173. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.