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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Please take a few minutes to take this survey. It is important that we have a large number of participants because otherwise we will not have the access to the results and we can not advocate
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<div style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong>2019 National Postdoctoral Survey</strong></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">Are you interested in winning a travel award, and in sharing your experiences as a postdoc to a large national postdoc
survey? </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.pnas.org_content_116_42_20910&d=DwMGaQ&c=Nd1gv_ZWYNIRyZYZmXb18oVfc3lTqv2smA_esABG70U&r=7P8SmnJFWraK4XdFL9-nxLFKtn87gkyg1QpsN5ENS-U&m=3tM0HrJ33DrURgit-9G2gUK_7cgyy_7u37GqCyDFr8s&s=01smb44pWExyAWzB6zwjEIBnsHVzEu2seEaZXhfG7wA&e=" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#954F72">A
newly published study</font></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">has</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.insidehighered.com_news_2019_10_11_study-2Dsays-2Dwhen-2Dit-2Dcomes-2Deveryday-2Dmentoring-2Dand-2Dtraining-2Dsciences-2Dpostdocs-2Dare-2Dnew&d=DwMGaQ&c=Nd1gv_ZWYNIRyZYZmXb18oVfc3lTqv2smA_esABG70U&r=7P8SmnJFWraK4XdFL9-nxLFKtn87gkyg1QpsN5ENS-U&m=3tM0HrJ33DrURgit-9G2gUK_7cgyy_7u37GqCyDFr8s&s=Uqrwy1AeRoNZU6MZfnRwVSCnRdo6piZbfpRHRUi65c4&e=" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#954F72">demonstrated
the crucial role of postdocs</font></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">in lab culture and in the training and mentorship experiences of graduate students, and we hope to capture your
voice to draw attention to the unique needs of the postdoc population and reinforce the importance of training, policies, and compensation for postdocs.</font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">All</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> responses </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">are
anonymous, and participants have a chance to enter a drawing for a </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong>$500 travel award</strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> to a scientific meeting! We have just reached 5,700</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> responses </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">from
postdocs so far, and we hope to match our 2016 response rate of over 7,000 U.S. postdocs. For each additional 1,000-respondent benchmark we reach, we will give away a travel award, so get your</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> responses </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">in
now to increase your chance of winning a prize! </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong>The official close date of the survey will be December 15</strong></font><font size="-1" face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong><sup>th</sup></strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">.</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> </font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">The </font><a href="https://postdocsurvey.uchicago.edu/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#954F72">2019
National Postdoc Survey </font></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">was conceived and developed by postdocs to benefit all members of the postdoctoral community, and is a follow-up to our very successful </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__elifesciences.org_articles_40189&d=DwMGaQ&c=Nd1gv_ZWYNIRyZYZmXb18oVfc3lTqv2smA_esABG70U&r=7P8SmnJFWraK4XdFL9-nxLFKtn87gkyg1QpsN5ENS-U&m=3tM0HrJ33DrURgit-9G2gUK_7cgyy_7u37GqCyDFr8s&s=yINbpykr9PvZ6ECbi5RoAPW1qPHJ4c47N4ZWgeHOgrQ&e=" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#954F72">2016
National Postdoc Survey. </font></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">Since 2016, changes in postdoc policies have been implemented, including an increase in the postdoctoral salary levels
set by NIH. An updated survey is needed now in order to capture the current experiences of postdoc fellows and scholars, and inform those who advocate for policy on behalf of postdocs.</font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">Survey link:</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> </font><a href="https://redcap.uchicago.edu/surveys/?s=KY8RE88RRR" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#954F72">https://redcap.uchicago.edu/surveys/?s=KY8RE88RRR</font></font></a></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">Thank you very much for your participation, and please forward this important survey to your postdoc colleagues! </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong><em> </em></strong></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong><em>The National Postdoctoral Survey Team</em></strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong> </strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"><strong><em>at
UChicago</em></strong></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">Questions? Email us at </font><a href="mailto:postdocsurvey@uchicago.edu" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#954F72">postdocsurvey@uchicago.edu</font></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black"> </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="black">or
visit </font><a href="https://postdocsurvey.uchicago.edu/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#954F72">https://postdocsurvey.uchicago.edu/</font></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#003366">Regards,</font></div>
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