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Welcome to MinorityPostdoc.org

This is the premier web portal on the minority postdoctoral experience featuring news, articles, resources, and events about jobs, career advice, professional development, funding, fellowships, mentoring, and diversity issues.

Mindfulness in Action Workshop

To support the well-being of academics at all levels of training, join us for a Mindfulness in Action workshop. This science-based guide to stress reduction workshop occurs on April 15, 2025 from 5-6pm EST. In this workshop, we will:

  • Understand how mindfulness is an effective practice for reducing stress as academics
  • Assess our current level of attention and awareness of self
  • Engage in practical mindfulness exercises

Produced by the National Black Postdoctoral Association (NBPA) and Infinite GRADitude

DivSch24 Conference Success! Future Webinars

Our 2024 DiverseScholar Postdoctoral Conference (#DivSch24) was a success! Around 30 PhD trainees with 15 speakers, facilitators, and staff participated in our September 6-7 event in Orange County, CA. This seventh conference had professional development sessions, research presentations, and opportunities for recruiting. All activities support our membership in their postdoctoral and professional career exploration especially to diversify academia. We thank sponsors National Institutes of Health, Virginia Tech, and Stanford University.

Jobs & Other Advertisements

MinorityPostdoc.org is a niche marketing site with a diverse readership. The Job listings page has a complete roster of institutions who are reaching out to expand the diversity of their candidate applicant pools for professional/faculty or graduate/postdoc positions. Below is a subset of our advertisers.

Story-telling at the ScienceOnline2012 #scio12 #diversity Session

No wonder American Indians have a problem with the concept of Science (with a capital "S") -- in most North American indigenous languages there is no word for science.

Inside Higher Ed, September 2011

If the recent research showing that students of color do better with professors of their same background is correct, then there’s a real social justice need to address.

Our Contact List has 1,000+ Emails!

Our Monthly Newsletter Contact List has over 1,000 emails! To put that number in perspective, NSF estimates that there are only 3,000 underrepresented minority postdocs in the USA. The word clouds below show the institutions and names present in our email contact list.

names of Doctoral Directory members institutions of Doctoral Directory members