UMN postdoc student
  • Recruitment and Retention Plan for Underrepresented Groups: Use and modify this sample text to develop grant application sections relevant to institutional resources and recruitment of diverse applicant pools.
  • Sample Letter of Support from the Graduate School, Office of Postdoctoral Initiative: Use this sample text to develop a letter of support from the Graduate School. 
  • Graduate School Data Portal: View data on graduate admission, enrollment, time to completion of degree, and find out where PhD graduates of the University of Minnesota are working. The portal includes results from 2019 gradSERU, a survey that provides information on the experiences of graduate students at the University of Minnesota, e.g. advising and mentoring, professional and career development, etc. The portal also includes data on alumni placement for graduate students and postdocs (you will need to contact your Dean, Associate Dean, or Director of Graduate Studies to access these data).
  • Postdoc Data Portal: View data from  2019 postdocSERU, a survey that provides information on the experiences of postdocs at the University of Minnesota, e.g.advising and mentoring, professional and career development, teaching, general climate, etc.