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Postdoctoral Policies
Office of Postdoctoral Education
Postdoc Benefits
Postdoctoral scholars who are paid salaries from Mizzou funds, including grants and contracts, and are classified as university employees and receive the same health, leave, educational assistance and retirement benefits as faculty and staff.
Holidays
There are eight (9) official paid MU holidays each year. These are New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Holiday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (2 days) and Christmas Day.
Resources
- MU Postdoctoral Association (MUPA) And Travel Grants
- National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Affiliate membership
- Handbook
- Postdoctoral Education
- Graduate Essentials Programs and trainings for both Graduate Students and Postdocs
Faculty Postdoc Resources
Postdoctoral Grants and Fellowships
MU Postdoctoral Grants and Awards
Here’s an extensive list of External postdoctoral fellowships you might be eligible to apply for.
- Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program
- Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
- The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund
- Science and Society (S&S)
- Epilepsy Foundation Funding
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award
- Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- American Cancer Research – Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Careers at the Scientific Interface Awards
- Advancing Theory in Biology (ATB)
- The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biological Informatics
- Ford Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships
- EMBO Short-Term Fellowships
- Department of the Army Resident Research Associateships
- Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
- Career Awards for Medical Scientists
- National Institute of Health – Individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
- OEERE Postdoctoral Research Awards
- EPA Fellowships, Scholarships and Post-Doctoral Opportunities
- NSF Postdoctoral Fellows
- Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Database
- Notre Dame Graduate Fellowships Database
- UCLA Graduate and Postdoctoral Extramural Support
- Office of Graduate Affairs at the University of Chicago, provides links to selected institutions that maintain fellowship databases
