The Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Office (GPPO) and the Career Development Center (CDC) are available to help support, promote, and enhance the professional careers of postdocs throughout the university.
Each year our offices help postdocs prepare for entering the job market through career programming in areas such as Lab Management, Professional Skills, Grant Writing, and Job Skills but to name a few.
All our professional development courses, workshops, and resources, including your Individual Development Plan (IDP) allow you to develop the skills you need for a successful and rewarding career.
You will also find access to Asynchronous Learning Content that will help benefit you in your Postdoc journey here at NYUAD.
This page will be updated regularly with new programs, workshops and opportunities as and when they are planned through the Academic Year.
For Academic Year 2023-24. Please note, the opportunities below may not necessarily be in date order.
Grad Slam
GradSlam is an event where members of the NYUAD graduate and postdoctoral community will have the opportunity to present their research in a 3-minute public presentation. The final event will be held in-person in October 2023 with an in-person semi-final event taking place in September 2023. There will be prizes for first and second place, as well as a people’s choice.
To find out more about GradSlam 2023, please visit the GradSlam webpage at https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/postdoctoral-research/grad-slam.html
Fall 2023
The Postgrad Writers’ Room is intended to foster a collaborative postgrad writing community (Open to all Postdocs and Graduate Students)
The Postgrad Writers’ Room offers:
1) a space with minimal distractions
2) a space to establish good writing regimens and routines
3) a space that provides peer motivation and support
4) free refreshments
The Postgrad Writers Room is held in the Library (C2) Room 328 every Tuesday during Fall Semester from 9.30am-12.30pm.
For Fall 2023, we will be hosting a series of Workshops dedicated to helping our Graduate Students and Postdocs a job in an Academia.
Schedule of Workshops:
(Open to all Postdocs and Graduate Students)
Every year in the 3rd week of September, Universities across the World take part in the National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW). Here at NYUAD, the Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Office (GPPO) host a variety of events to celebrate the 170+ postdocs who make NYUAD what it is!
Check out the list of Events below:
The Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Office, in collaboration with Dr. Philip Rodenbough, NYUAD Adjunct Lecturer in Scientific Writing, is pleased to offer the Postgrad Writing Support Series. This programming aims to help meet the unique writing needs of graduate students and to support the development of strong writing habits and professional skills. All sessions are held on Zoom.
Details of Workshops:
For Fall 2023, the Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Office are pleased to offer Bioinformatics Workshops, in conjunction with our Bioinformatics colleagues.
Workshop Details:
The National Institutes of Health’s Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) is pleased to offer a series of webinars and small group discussions to help you develop the confidence and resilience you need to navigate challenging situations in school, work, and life.
The series will consist of five webinars, each linked to a drop-in small-group discussion the following week. The webinars will highlight strategies needed for academic success and for thriving in research and healthcare careers.
Webinars are held in Eastern Standard Time (EST) and offered via Zoom. Trainees who attend all the webinars and four of the five small-group discussions will receive a certificate of completion.
Please click on any link below to sign up for each session
| Session | Workshop Hybrid |
Group Discussion |
|---|---|---|
| 9/14/23 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Unit I: Drop-In 9/21/23 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
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| Unit II: Exploring Our Self-talk: Cognitive Distortions and Imposter Fears | 9/28/23 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Unit II: Drop-In 10/05/23 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
| Unit III: Self-advocacy and Assertiveness | 10/12/23 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Unit III: Drop-In 10/19/23 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
| Unit IV: Feedback Resilience | 10/26/23 |
Unit IV: Drop-In 11/02/23 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
| Unit V: Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships | 11/09/23 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Unit V: Drop-In 11/16/23 3:00 - 4:00 pm |
What is Lunch & Learn?
Lunch & Learn is a monthly lunchtime seminar that provides graduate students and postdocs a chance to socialize with and learn from different disciplines across the campus - and get a free lunch!
Each event features 10 to 15-minute talk by either a graduate student, or postdoc – usually from a different division or department to encourage cross-collaboration.
However, unlike traditional seminars and lectures, the Lunch & Learn series encourages speakers to communicate their topic in whatever way they feel most comfortable, welcoming anything from PowerPoint slides to fireside chats to hands-on demonstrations.
Remember the goal of Lunch and Learn: for the presenter to gain practice in public speaking and to receive constructive feedback from their peers in an informal environment Encourage your peers: share positive feedback in the chat and/or express your support for their talks.
Lunch & Learn Sessions for Fall 2023:
The Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a way to explore and define training goals, professional development needs, and career objectives with your PI. It guides you to reflect on where you are and where you would like to be, and defines specific actions for goal achievement.
Come along to learn more:
What is an Individual Development Plan?
Writing an Individual Development Plan
Strategies for discussing the plan with a mentor
All postdoctoral scholars must complete and discuss an IDP with their PI annually. NYUAD is committed to postdoc training. The IDP provides an important component of this training.
Looking for someone to read over your manuscript? Tired of nagging your colleagues to provide feedback? Wanting some extra polish before you submit to that competitive journal? The Scientific Writing Program is here to help.
Scientific writing tutorial-consultations are available for all NYU Abu Dhabi graduate students and postdocs, as well as other members of the community at the science and engineering divisions. Appointments can be made at any time, but are often most useful if there is a draft ready to be examined.
You can schedule an appointment with our Adjunct Instructor, Philip P. Rodenbough.
