WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW...

Review of Postdoctoral Packages

Prescreening Review

• All sponsored postdoctoral candidate packages are initially reviewed, evaluated, and scored by the Postdoctoral Prescreening Committee (subset of the Full Postdoctoral Committee).
• Results are communicated by e-mail from the Postdoctoral Program Office

Full Committee

• All sponsored postdoctoral candidate packages recommended by the Prescreening Committee to be considered by the Full Committee for a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow appointment are reviewed, evaluated, and scored by the Full Committee at a quarterly Postdoctoral Committee meeting.
• Sponsors of postdoctoral candidate’s being considered for a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow appointment make a brief presentation to the Full Committee.
• Each individual candidate’s package is "thoroughly" discussed by the Full Committee
• The Full Committee scores the individual candidate packages
• Candidate packages are grouped into 3 categories:
• A - All of the candidates in this category are extended a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow offer.
• B - All of the candidates in this category are considered to be equally qualified. Limited number of offers will be extended to candidates in this group based on available funding.
• C – All of the candidates in this category are approved for a Postdoctoral Research Associate appointment.
• All results are communicated by e-mail from the Postdoctoral Program Office

Rankings of postdoctoral candidates are kept
“In Confidence”