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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.

May 15 Recruiting Event for World's Largest Medical Center

The Postdoc Offices at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and UTHealth Houston invite prospective research postdocs to attend Postdoc Houston. Postdoc Houston is a free, virtual event for prospective postdocs to discuss the opportunities to work and train in the Texas Medical Center. Event will occur online on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time.

Collage on white background of logos from 4 institutions hosting Postdoc Houston. Logos ordered from left to right are Baylor College of Medicine (white text on blue box), UTHealth Houston (gray text on white background), Houston Methodist (blue text on white background with additional text of "Leading Medicine"), and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (black text on white background with additional text of "Making Cancer History").

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.

April 28 2025 - May 2 2025
: Atlanta, GA
Diverse Education, November 2014

[the program] has become one of the most recognized and competitive postdoctoral programs in the country, with about 700 applicants vying each year for four to five coveted spots

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