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Upcoming UWPA Community Events

Coffee and Pastries for National Postdoc Appreciation week! Sponsored by the UWPA! On September 22nd from 9:00-10:30 am you can find a free box of coffee and pastries and some UWPA folks too! We will have a location on main campus outside the HUB around Jefferson Road and Stevens Way and at the South Lake Union campus E building, room 130A - #NPAW2021 - add to calendar

In person Happy Hour at Big Time Brewery:  September 21st @ 5:30 pm  - add to calendar. The first pitcher is on us...assuming they do pitchers.

UWPA General Assembly: October 5th @ 9am - add to calendar

UWPA Virtual Writing Accountability Group: Fridays from 9-10 am - add to calendar

Dunn Law Immigration Webinar: September 30, 3:30-4:30 pm. Email uwpa@uw.edu for more information & to register - add to calendar

K99 Peer Mentoring Group: We gather online once a month to provide mutual support and progress updates as we apply for K99s! Please email UWPA@uw.edu if you'd like to join the group!
Huskys Postdocs in the News!
Congratulate your fine fellow fellows!
Rachel Moran (https://twitter.com/rachelemoran) at the Center for an Informed Public was quoted in an NBC news feature and on Vox!
Rodolfo Cortes Barragan is quoted in this National Geographic article

Raajaram Gowrishankar co-authored an article in Nature Neuroscience and UW wrote up his research! See their coverage here.


Have a new paper out we can boost on Twitter? Re-tweets have an impact, and we want to support you!! Just tag or message @UWPostDocs and we'll be happy to share your work!
Skill, Networking, and Career Opportunities

The UWPA board is recruiting! All positions are OPEN and generally require commitments of only 2-3 hrs/month. An excellent opportunity to build leadership, teamwork, and service experience! Email UWPA@uw.edu if you


Dunn Law Immigration Webinar - On September 30 from 3:30-4:30 pm we will host a virtual presentation covering applications for green cards, National Interest Waiver and Extraordinary Ability petitions, H-1B visas after graduation, and  changes in U.S. immigration. Email uwpa@uw.edu to register.


Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop, on September 23-24 at 10 am, More info here, and register here.
Looking to build a peer network outside UW? Consider volunteering on a committee for the postdoc-run Journal of Life Sciences upcoming virtual symposium OR on a committee for the National Postdoc Association’s 2nd virtual Postdoc Appreciation Week!
Struggling to write a research statement? Celebrate #NPAW2021 and attend a research Statement Workshop by UW’s Dr. Thomas Daniel. September 23, 9-11 am. Sign up here.
Confused by the new Biosketch format? I am honestly confused why so many changes are even necessary! Maybe we can get some answers at the "How to Write Your NIH Biosketch Using the New Format" webinar on September 21, 9:30 am. 'Save a seat' here.
The upcoming Inclusive STEM Teaching Project is a 6 week course designed to advance awareness, self-efficacy, and ability to cultivate inclusive STEM learning environments and to develop as reflective, inclusive practitioners. Register here for the Oct 12th session. 
Funding and Job Opportunities

Alda Center's Women in STEM Leadership Program. Designed to offer rewarding, high-engagement professional development opportunities to support diversity and inclusion in research fields. Apply here.
HHMI Hanna Gray Fellows Program. If you have <27 months of experience as a postdoc, apply here! Due Dec 1, 2021.
UW Biochemistry is looking for an acting instructor to teach the Biochem undergraduate lab course! In this position the department would pay 50% of your salary for the nine month academic year. The other 50% of your time you could do research as a postdoc. There is the possibility of renewal but this position is not tenure-eligible. If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a CV, diversity statement & statement of teaching interests/philosophy to skuse@uw.edu.  Please arrange for a reference letter to be sent directly to skuse@uw.edu.  Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Bryn Mawr College is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in biochemistry! See details here.
Empowering Prevention and Inclusive Communities (EPIC) is hiring 2 new Postdoc training specialists! The EPIC program is an innovative peer-to-peer harassment prevention training program. The Postdoctoral Scholar Training Specialist positions will be on a team that develops, implements, and evaluates the EPIC program. More info and the application at UW Hires (UW Requisition #189319).

If you work on an immunology-oriented project, consider submitting an essay for a chance to win the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology. The Grand Prize is $30,000 and submissions are due October 1st, 2021. Restrictions and more information here.


NIH Loan Repayment Program applications open from Sept 1st, 2021 and close Nov 18th, 2021 https://www.lrp.nih.gov


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