Finding a Postdoctoral Position at Stanford
If you are seeking a position as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, please contact the faculty/lab you wish to work with directly. To learn about the work of specific faculty or labs, and the possibility of undertaking postdoctoral work with them:
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Check Open Postdoctoral Positions listings, which includes brief descriptions of research, plus contact information for the faculty or lab currently recruiting a postdoctoral scholar.
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Find out more about ongoing biosciences research by looking up faculty by name or department in the Stanford University School of Medicine Community Academic Profiles (CAP).
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Use Stanford University's online index of department web sites to tour departments' pages for more information on their labs and research projects.
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In addition to these online resources, Stanford faculty may advertise in national journals related to their research; remember to check for position listings in your favorite academic publications.
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Top 10 Reasons to Select Stanford for Postdoctoral Training
1. A world-class academic environment with innovative research of the highest caliber and facilities that define tomorrow's "state-of-the-art" in countless disciplines.2. An almost palpable energy and excitement that come from participating in ground-breaking discoveries.
3. An exceptionally large and diverse community of postdoctoral scholars - close to 2,000 university-wide - that complements the tremendous strength to be found in our faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students.
4. A single academic campus where the humanities, sciences, medicine, law, business, and engineering are all side-by-side with the resulting cross-fertilization that can only happen with such close proximity.
5. A physical campus of over 8,000 acres (3,500 hectares) with miles of trails for running and walking, world-class sports facilities, outdoor and indoor art that helps feed the soul, and an "industrial park" where many high-tech companies (e.g., Hewlett-Packard) have had their start and still maintain a large presence (the campus is in fact the birthplace of Silicon Valley).
6. A university-wide Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (one of the first in the country) and a dynamic postdoctoral association (SURPAS) and several postdoctoral organizations and groups.
7. A most impressive record of former postdoctoral scholars who have gone on to leadership positions in academia, industry, and policy worldwide.
8. Forty-five minutes from San Francisco and our many colleagues at UCSF, and an hour to UC Berkeley (ties with these and other institutions are many and close).
9. A diverse local community with a range of housing options and many opportunities for eating out, movies, and the like.
10. And, for those times when you really want a break, you can go watch Stanford's many nationally ranked teams who have won 81 NCAA Championships in women's and men's basketball, baseball, water polo, golf, track, football, tennis, volleyball, and swimming.