success in assuring minimum salary for postdocs

[Eveline Geiser]

Dear Postdoctoral community,

On behalf of the MIT Postdoctoral Association, we would like to announce 
a success in our attempts to assure minimal salary levels and annual 
salary increases and to equalize healthcare costs between postdoctoral 
fellows and postdoctoral associates.

The Office of the Vice President for Research has recently communicated 
updated guidelines, advising Deans and assistant Deans to assure the 
minimum salary for postdocs (using the NIH salary scale) and asking that 
the increased healthcare fee for postdoctoral fellows be covered by PIs 
or departments, if the institutional allowance on the fellowship does 
not cover the difference in the contribution. (Please see 
http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/vpr_update.html for details.)

We are very grateful to the Office of the Vice President for Research 
for this, in particular Vice President for Research, Maria T. Zuber, as 
well as Charlene Placido and Dana Bresee Keeth.We would also like to 
thank Associate Dean Hazel Sive.

The PDA is involved in advocating post-doctoral concerns, creating a 
post-doctoral community, and facilitating the transition from 
post-doctoral research positions into various career paths.

If you are interested in joining us, check out our website 
http://pda.mit.edu/.

On behalf of the Postdoctoral Association (PDA),

Eveline Geiser, Chair, PDA Advocacy Committee

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Dr. Eveline Geiser

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Phone: + 617-324-6371
e-mail: egeiser at mit.edu

http://web.mit.edu/gabrieli-lab

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