Elsevier and the National Postdoctoral Association Present Awards for Postdoc Appreciation Week

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Nov. 8, 2019 - PRLog -- The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is pleased to announce the recipients of 2019 Elsevier National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) Awards. The recipients are:

Best New Event (specifically for those who are participating in NPAW for the FIRST time)

• iNet NYC, mental health in academia
• University of Manchester, postdocs assemble

Best Postdoctoral Association (PDA)-Led Event (judged against all of the event submissions for the award year)

• University of Illinois at Chicago, career development symposium
• University of Minnesota, research day - research slam and career resource fair

Most Collaborative Event - (for those who host events with multiple groups/offices from a single campus or different campuses)

• University of California, San Francisco (internal/multiple campuses, Office of Postdoctoral Scholars), postdoc slam 2019
• University of Pittsburgh (interdepartmental, University of Pittsburgh PDA), postdoc annual retreat

Most Creative Event - (for PDAs only, with minimal input from the postdoc office)

• Drexel University, mentors in motion
• University of Colorado, resource scavenger hunt

Each event submission was blinded and judged, and the event with the most points won the award. In addition to meeting the criteria outlined for each category, awards were required to submit promotional materials and attendance verification.

The tenth annual celebration of NPAW took place September 16 – 20, 2019. During this week-long celebration, organizations across the nation planned events across the country to create awareness of postdocs. The nation's largest celebration of postdocs, NPAW was established with the goal of acknowledging the significant contributions that postdoctoral scholars ("postdocs") make to U.S. research and discovery.

NPAW is coordinated by the NPA Outreach Committee (https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/Outreach), which works to promote the mission, values, goals, and business objectives of the NPA. For more information about NPAW and to view events across the nation, visit http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/2019NPAW.

Elsevier's mission is to help institutions and professionals advance healthcare, open science and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. The NPA strives to improve the postdoctoral experience by supporting enhanced research training and a culture of enhanced professional growth to benefit scholarship and innovation.

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The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational association headquartered in Rockville, MD. Founded in 2003, the NPA seeks to provide a national voice for postdoctoral scholars; to facilitate positive change for postdocs; and thereby to advance the research enterprise in the United States. The NPA serves the postdoctoral community, including more than 14,000 individual members and some 200 institutional members. The NPA provides support to the postdoctoral community through resources, toolkits, professional development and networking opportunities.