Postdocs and Mentors

New postdocs can complete this plan before meeting with their mentor. The Individual Development Plan is designed to help catalyze communication, help postdocs reflect on their goals, make plans to help achieve those goals and to address challenges that arise along the way.

Continuing postdocs can complete this plan before meeting with their mentor. The Individual Development Plan is designed to help catalyze communication, help postdocs reflect on their goals, make plans to help achieve those goals and to address challenges that arise along the way.

Intentionality in designing a postdoctoral mentoring plan can provide a foundation for the success of postdocs.

Each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include, as a supplementary document, a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals.

An individual development plan (IDP) can help a postdoc explore career possibilities and set goals to follow the career path that fits him/her best.

The curriculum in this guidebook is designed to address the challenges and concerns that mentees might encounter throughout their career. In this mentoring up series, mentees will develop the knowledge and skills to proactively and effectively address these challenges and navigate their mentoring relationships and career progression.

This downloadable postdoc mentoring training workbook is based on the Mentoring Up for Postdoctoral Trainees curriculum developed by the Center for Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research.

Postdocs who want to pursue an academic career know that obtaining funding to conduct your research is critical for a successful career in academia. Developing skills to find funding and write grants during postdoctoral training is paramount. This workbook will help along the way.

Resources for researchers from the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors.

Resources from the National Postdoctoral Association.

Faculty mentors can use these ideas to help spotlight and showcase their postdocs.