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Enhancing USC's Postdoctoral Affairs: Goals and Programs

The USC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs aims to support postdoctoral scholars by establishing a dedicated office, aligning fringe benefits with peers, and addressing discrepancies in benefits between Postdoctoral Research Associates and Fellows. Our mission focuses on recruiting a diverse group of talented scholars, offering individual development plans, mentoring, and a variety of career programming tracks. We collaborate with multiple partners to enhance funding opportunities, training in professional practices, and overall support for postdoctoral researchers at USC.

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Enhancing USC's Postdoctoral Affairs: Goals and Programs

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  1. Our Charge • Establish an Office of Postdoctoral Affairs • Bring our Postdoctoral fringe benefit ratein line with our peers • Remove the discrepancy in benefits between Postdoctoral Research Associates & Postdoctoral Fellows

  2. PDO - Our Mission The USC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is the central resource on campus serving as a liaison between the Office of the Provost, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and staff to disseminate university initiatives and policies. It works closely with academic units to help recruit a diverse cadre of the best junior scholars to the university and facilitate the training and preparation of postdoctoral scholars for careers as independent researchers, academics, and leaders of their chosen fields.

  3. Fringe Benefit Rate

  4. Postdoc Benefits Plan * 85% of USC network physicians are contracted with Aetna PPO and HMO

  5. Our Goal To have a larger and more diverse cadre of the best postdoctoral scholars • Encourage faculty to hire postdocs • Entice Postdocs to come to USC

  6. Our Plans for 2012-13 • Individual Development Plans/Mentoring • Programming for career tracks • Database Enhancement • Increase Funding Opportunities

  7. Individual Development Plan Steps (FASEB)

  8. Competencies for postdocs in the sciences National Postdoc Association Core Competencies NSF Expectations Career counseling Training in preparation of grant proposals, publications and presentations Guidance on ways to improve teaching and mentoring skills Guidance on how to effectively collaborate with researchers from diverse backgrounds and disciplinary areas Training in responsible professional practices • Discipline-specific conceptual knowledge • Research skill development • Communication skills • Professionalism • Leadership and management skills • Responsible conduct of research

  9. Professionalization Programming • 3 career-related programming tracks • Research University track • Teaching University track • Industry track • Our programming partners • CER, CET, Graduate School, OIS, PDA, Career Center, CWFL, Academy for PolymathicStudy, USCCU, others • Programming at UPC, HSC & CHLA

  10. Database + Enhancements • Demographics • Start & End Dates • PI name • Upload CV, Offer Letter • Funding Source & Stipend Amount • Offer Letter/Termination Generation • Exit Survey & Placement Record • Publication Tracking • General Reminders

  11. USC Postdocs 411 • 371 postdocs at USC • Not including CHLA, HRI, DEI • 42 Countries represented

  12. Country of Origin

  13. Country of Origin – “Other” Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Mexico, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela

  14. Postdoc Distribution

  15. Funding Opportunities • Recruiting • Micro Grants • Travel Awards • Top-Offs

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