Post Doctoral Fellow

Job Posting

JR100878 Post Doctoral Fellow (Open)

Department

BSU Teaching, JM

Position Type

Non-Regular Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Open Date

03-13-2025

Close Date

03-31-2025

Job Description

This post-doctoral fellow position will provide a scholar with an opportunity to further follow their research agenda and expand, making meaningful contributions to CRM-BMST and gain experience. It may also include opportunities to collaborate with the College of Education. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to function responsibly and autonomously within the school’s complex and decentralized environment, where the CRM-BMST resides. Independent thinking and action are requisite to a successful research career.

Responsibilities

• Assume primary responsibility for the development of his or her research and career.
• Play an active role in seeking career and research advice, both from the faculty supervisor and from other faculty members as appropriate.
• Perform the research required by the faculty supervisor to a high standard and in accordance with all institutional and federal regulations.
• Participate in a postdoc review process with the supervisor
• Work in a collegial and cooperative manner with the faculty supervisor and other co-workers.
• Meet regularly (for example, once a month) to establish and foster a career development plan and to assess important aspects of the postdoctoral fellow’s progress. In addition, complete a postdoc review as part of the postdoc career development plan.
• Strike a reasonable balance between the postdoctoral fellow’s responsibility to participate in research directed by the faculty supervisor and opportunities to develop scholarship reflecting the postdoctoral fellow’s own interests.
• Seek advice and collaborative opportunities from other faculty members, or even to identify a second mentor, since the training experience can only benefit from a variety of perspectives.
• Promote ethical standards for conducting research, including compliance with all institutional and federal regulations.
• Accord full recognition of the postdoctoral fellow’s contributions to scholarship, including appropriate authorship of published work.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the director and assistant director.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• PHD in a related field required
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Not Currently Available
  
  

Conditions Of Employment

• Not Currently Available
  
  

Additional Job Information

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