Resources for Postdocs

Your relationship with your mentor is a key aspect of your growth. The Individual Development Plan is designed to help catalyze this communication, help you reflect on your goals, make plans to help achieve those goals and to address challenges that arise along the way. Complete this plan and share it with your mentor.

If you are a continuing postdoc, complete this plan and share it with your mentor. The Individual Development Plan is designed to help catalyze this communication, help you reflect on your goals, make plans to help achieve those goals and to address challenges that arise along the way.

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) envisions a university where UT educators have the knowledge, resources, and confidence to create student-centered learning experiences that empower all students to make meaningful changes in their communities. CTL provides opportunities to advance postdocs' pedagogical, academic and professional progress.

The University Libraries are a vital source of information in all formats and in all subjects. The Libraries also provide expert consultation, instruction, and document delivery services for researchers.

A plagiarism detection software designed to not only ensure manuscripts are properly cited, but to also help manage workflow as documents are being reviewed and revised by supervisors and co-authors.

The integrity of knowledge generated through research and scholarly activity depends on a commitment to responsible research practices. Read more about the Research Integrity Program at UT Austin and how it fosters and reinforces a culture of research integrity through responsible conduct.

The mission of Texas Global at The University of Texas at Austin is to work collaboratively with all university schools, colleges and units to promote and enhance international education programs with the expressed goal of increasing global competence and cross-cultural understanding for the university community and beyond.

The Discovery to Impact team at UT Austin brings research discoveries to the marketplace to impact the world, serving as a critical connector between campus innovators and industry. They cultivate ideas, uncover pathways to market and foster commercial collaborations that translate academic research into services, treatments and products that benefit society.

The staff ombuds can assist postdoctoral fellows with any work-related difficulty, including interpersonal conflict or misunderstandings, as well as academic or administrative concerns.

Texas Career Engagement provides advanced degree expertise to empower graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to pursue professional fulfillment in industry, academia, nonprofit, business and government.

The mission of the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors is to foster expansion of the scale, quality and impact of scholarly endeavors at UT Austin. They are committed to building capacity, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and lowering the barriers involved in scientific and creative inquiry.

The Office of Research Support and Compliance partners with researchers to maintain the integrity of research at UT Austin. Its goal is to foster the highest quality research by assisting researchers with compliance and best practices.

The College of Natural Science offers information about employment, funding opportunities, professional development and more for postdocs.

The Molecular Biosciences Postdoc Association (MBS PDA) supports MBS postdocs during their academic career at UT. In addition to providing an organized feedback loop to the college, MBS PDA provides opportunities to network, learn new skills and offers an array of career resources.