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<span style="text-transform: none;">Dear Postdoctoral Scholars,</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do you have questions about consulting, entrepreneurship, teaching, or other opportunities that are separate from your funded postdoctoral research? Although postdocs do not have
</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 73, 80);"><a href="https://coi.mit.edu/coc/coc-policy/coc-definitions#permitted-time" title="https://coi.mit.edu/coc/coc-policy/coc-definitions#permitted-time" data-outlook-id="589c3a10-10be-4b24-a60b-d1b70e58d236" style="color: rgb(204, 73, 80);">permitted
time</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to engage in these activities, a review process exists for activities that will support your career development, and that are short-term/temporary. This process must be completed before you engage in an opportunity.
For more information about the review process, please visit these links:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; color: rgb(204, 73, 80); text-transform: none;"><a href="https://postdocs.mit.edu/career-development/outside-professional-activities-opas-postdoc" title="https://postdocs.mit.edu/career-development/outside-professional-activities-opas-postdoc" data-outlook-id="efaf651e-0649-4655-89fa-819b1404a511" style="color: rgb(204, 73, 80);">Outside
Professional Activities (OPAs) as a Postdoc</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; color: rgb(204, 73, 80); text-transform: none;"> <a href="https://coi.mit.edu/fcoi/community-coi-portal/permitted-time/postdocs-researchers" title="https://coi.mit.edu/fcoi/community-coi-portal/permitted-time/postdocs-researchers" data-outlook-id="190bc35a-6100-4bcf-8bf4-dd43a04aa7b3" style="color: rgb(204, 73, 80);">Postdocs
and Researchers Without Permitted Time for OPAs</a></span></div>
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Don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. We will be holding an information/Q&A session in April, stay tuned for details!</div>
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Best,</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"><b><i>Ann Skoczenski, PhD</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Director
of Postdoctoral Services</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Office of the Vice President for Research</span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> <b> |</b>
</span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Office: 10-370</span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
<b>|</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="http://postdocs.mit.edu/" title="http://postdocs.mit.edu/" data-outlook-id="57fd60a2-c7dd-4af5-aa5c-e37ffa2607c0" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://postdocs.mit.edu/</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">
<b>|</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:postdocservices@mit.edu" title="mailto:postdocservices@mit.edu" data-outlook-id="623c1e4e-eec9-4e30-b0ce-f6debe47d3fe" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">postdocservices@mit.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Avenir Next Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">others can be a great blessing.” –Uncle Iroh</span></p>
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