SBU Events & Classes

Join the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs for our quarterly New Postdoc Welcome, which is held every three months or so.

The Welcome offers an introduction to Stony Brook to help recently arrived postdocs maximize their postdoctoral experience and help you make the most of your time at Stony Brook. All postdocs who have joined us in the past six months are particularly encouraged to attend.

Also! Have you completed our postdoc intake form?

NEW POSTDOC ORIENTATION
All postdocs who have arrived within the past six months (or more!) are invited to:

• Discover the unique aspects of being a postdoc at SBU
• Learn about resources & benefits for SBU postdocs
• Meet the postdoc office staff and other postdocs  

 

Jobs & Funding

1. Sign up To Become a Reviewer for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

NSF is currently recruiting potential reviews for its flagship fellowship for grad students, the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Reviewing is fantastic training to write successful NSF grants, so if you're in an NSF-funded field, you should consider it. 

They give a small stipend for participating, but there are limitations for non-US citizens. Evenso, it's great experience. 

How To Sign Up: If you would like to be considered as a potential reviewer for the 2021 GRFP competition, please log into the Reviewer Registration System at https://nsfgrfp.org/reviewer_system to submit your registration. As you have previously registered as a GRFP Reviewer, please log in with your email address and password, and update your profile. If you cannot remember your password, please use the Reset Password feature.

Please note that submitting the registration indicates that you are interested in serving as a prospective reviewer. It does not commit you to serving as a reviewer. Based on anticipated needs, NSF will send formal invitations to registered individuals starting in late October.

If you have any questions, please contact the GRF Operations Center at reviewers@nsfgrfp.org or (866) 673-4737.

 

Other Events & Classes 

1. NPA myPostdoc Monthly: Insurance 101

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET 

Accessing care through the U.S. healthcare system can seem like a daunting, mountainous task. After all, we fear the unknown. In fact, a recent survey shows that only four percent of Americans truly understand the key components of their health insurance and how they impact their out-of-pocket costs, and for international postdocs, the statistic is undoubtedly even lower. Join us for an informative webinar where we will discuss those unfamiliar concepts and terms you may have come across when looking at health insurance benefit summaries or speaking with healthcare professionals. Fortunately, when armed with a bit of knowledge and understanding, accessing care seems like less of a mountain and more of a molehill.

Login and Register HERE

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