Postdoc resources within and outside MIT
Here is a curated list of resources of offices, services, and external professional development tools that postdocs can use! Do you know of an additional, helpful resource? Feel free to email your postdoc career advisor, Alex Yen, to add to this list!
Refer to our Career Handbook, a helpful starter guide to the career exploration phase of your postdoc.
Visit the academia and education page for information on preparing for academic faculty positions.
Visit the career interests page for information and resources on a variety of career fields.
Use our network and conduct informational interviews to brainstorm who is in your network and how to reach out to them and explore career paths.
Bookmark our interviews page to keep in mind helpful interviewing tips.
See our job offer page to learn about how to negotiate and evaluate a job offer
Career Exploration and Planning Tools for PhDs and Postdocs
National Postdoctoral Association
Try out the amazing tool Flamingo by SciPhD for free using your NPA membership! It can help you analyze job descriptions and mock up a resume draft to bring for a career advising appointment!
National Center for Faculty Diversity & Development
The Postdoc Academy
NIH funded postdoc-specific professional development online modules
Making the Right Moves
PDF by Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Burroughs Wellcome Fund
MIT has multiple resources to help postdocs with career and professional development. Here are the other offices as well as DLCIs (departments, labs, centers, and institutes) on campus that support postdocs.
Office of Postdoctoral Services (OVPR)
Your main, “go to” office for all things related to benefits, policies, and procedures
MIT Postdoctoral Association
Led by postdocs to provide support for their 1500 postdoctoral colleagues. MIT PDA’s website includes a funding page and recognized postdoc groups and additional local postdoc associations at MIT
PIVOT, a comprehensive database of funding opportunities. You can search and filter by various criteria
Institutional Research’s MIT Postdoc Demographics and Career Outcomes (institutional data about postdocs and postdoc outcomes)
The Teaching + Learning Lab (TLL) offers the Kaufmann Teaching Certificate as well as multiple online resources to supporting teaching and pedagogy skills
The Writing and Communication Center (WCC) offers appointments and programs to improve oral and written communication available for the entire MIT community
MIT’s Technology Licensing Office (TLO) helps support members of the MIT community with anything related to the tech transfer process (licensing, business development, and legal matters)
LGBTQ+ 101: “You are Welcome Here” training through the ATLAS Learning Center (go to “course catalog”; search using the Reference Code BSK34080c)
Aperian’s GlobeSmart learning modules focus on cultural awareness and improving communication in a global environment
The Ombuds Office is a confidential, independent resource that you can go to for any advice on constructive conflict management and communication
