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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Postdocs,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
Postdoc Association Advocacy Committee is interested in learning about
the postdoc community’<span class="gmail-il">s</span> housing experiences in the Boston area with the
hopes of identifying
key issues that postdocs face relating to housing and relocation. This
survey is
<b>postdoc-run</b> and <b>anonymous</b>.</span></p><span>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vTWoECwZceg67b" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Take the survey</span></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vTWoECwZceg67b" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vTWoECwZceg67b</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We will also be running a raffle to give away
<b>five $50 amazon gift cards </b>to those that fill out the survey</span></p></span></span><ul><li><span></span>Eligibility: MIT Postdocs (both Fellows and Associates)</li><span class="gmail-im"><li>Survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete</li></span><li>Open now until <b>March 8, 2021</b><span></span></li></ul></div><div><span class="gmail-im"><span>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Survey results will be used by the PDA to:</span></p></span></span><ul><li><span></span>Curate a general understanding of postdocs' housing experiences</li><span class="gmail-im"><li>Identify and quantify housing issues and concerns in the postdoc community and advocate for improvements</li><li>Identify common housing issues faced by incoming postdocs at MIT</li><li>Curate data to help postdocs with their housing search and share with incoming postdocs<br></li></span></ul><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This
survey is administered solely by the Postdoc Association and not the
Institute. If you have questions about this survey, please</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
email<span style="color:black">
<span style="color:black"></span><a href="mailto:pda-advocacy@mit.edu" target="_blank">pda-housing-survey@mit.edu</a></span></span></p></div>
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<span class="gmail-im"><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The PDA Advocacy Committee</span></p>
</span><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:pda-housing-committee@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">pda-advocacy@mit.edu</span></a></span></p>
</div><div><br></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Camille Bilodeau, PhD<br><div>Postdoctoral Associate<br></div><div>Department of Chemical Engineering</div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div></div></div>