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Applications for Fall Career Development Awards are now open

These awards can be used to support attendance to events or programs that support the postdoc’s professional development, such as conferences, workshops, and seminars. Each recipient will receive up to $1,000 to be used to supplement costs of travel and/or registration of such events.


The awards are dispersed through reimbursement for events/programs between September 3 and December 20, 2024. Please apply via Google Form on or before Friday, November 1, 2024. Additional information, including deadlines for receipt submission, is included on the form. Applicants will be notified by the end of November.


Please note that only Postdoctoral Fellows (9560) and Postdoctoral Associates (9546) are eligible for the awards.


Please email pda@umn.edu with any questions!

Interested in writing grants, fellowships, and manuscripts with fellow postdocs?

You can learn more about federally funded fellowships here (including ones available through NOAA, USDA, USGS, and more in addition to NIH and NSF):  https://www.unh.edu/research/resources-grad-students-post-docs