The Postdoc Buddy Scheme is back for Summer!

[Megan Priestley]

Hello all,

Quick reminder that the deadline for the Summer edition of the postdoc buddy scheme is coming up this Friday! Make sure you sign up before then if you’d like to take part - more details below

Best,
The PDA team

--
Megan Priestley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stark Lab
Community Building Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

From: Megan Priestley <megp at mit.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 7 July 2026 at 15:32
To: mit-postdocs <mit-postdocs at mit.edu>
Cc: pda-treasurer <pda-treasurer at mit.edu>; pda-community <pda-community at mit.edu>; Ann Skoczenski <annskocz at mit.edu>; Yibei Chen <yibei at mit.edu>
Subject: The Postdoc Buddy Scheme is back for Summer!


Dear Postdocs,



The postdoc buddy scheme is back for the summer! And this time, we’ve added a feature for the parents - read more below!



Want to get out of your small circles, meet postdocs from other departments, and make new friends? The PDA Buddy Program is a great way to do just that! Designed to help postdocs build academically and mentally supportive communities, the buddy scheme will group postdocs with like-minded individuals to meet for coffee/tea and get to know one another. Whether you’ve just joined MIT or been here for years, the buddy scheme is a great way to meet new people and make friends.



One hour of support from someone who is in the same shoes can be more valuable than 100 pages of documents and lists of resources 😊



As part of the buddy scheme, you can opt to either meet in a larger social gathering or small-group meetups:

  *   The large group gathering will be a coffee meeting on campus (date TBD, coffee and pastries provided), where you can meet your buddy group, as well as mingle with other postdocs at the event.
  *   In a small group meetup, you will meet your buddy group on your own time for coffee/tea and receive a reimbursement for your expenses



For this chapter of the scheme, we will be adding an additional (optional) feature which allows postdocs who are parents to be grouped with other parents. You will be able to bring your kids along to your coffee meet up / play date and the PDA will cover the cost of yours and your kids’ drinks and snacks.



Tell us about yourself and we will match you with 2-3 postdocs with similar academic and personal interests. Registration closes on Friday 24th July.



Register at: https://forms.gle/5EXuorYJuTkpXPdYA



Best Wishes,

Megan + team

--
Megan Priestley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stark Lab
Community Building Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


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