postdoc
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who holds a temporary research or teaching position at a university or research institution, typically after completing a doctoral degree (Ph.D.), to gain further experience and training.
- A grant or funding award that supports advanced academic study or research undertaken after earning a doctoral degree.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Person):
- She worked as a postdoc in the biology lab for three years before becoming a professor.
- The university is hiring several postdocs to contribute to the new climate research project.
- Noun (Grant/Funding):
- He was awarded a prestigious two-year postdoc to continue his work on ancient manuscripts.
- Securing a postdoc is often essential for building a strong research portfolio.
Advanced Usage
- The term is frequently used as a shortened, informal form of "postdoctoral fellow" or "postdoctoral researcher."
- It can describe the position itself: "She is in a postdoc at MIT."
- The plural form is postdocs.
Variants and Related Words
- Postdoctoral (Adjective): Relating to or characteristic of advanced study or research after a doctorate.
- She is doing postdoctoral research in neuroscience.
- Postdoctorate (Noun): Less common variant, synonymous with the grant/funding sense of "postdoc."
- Postdoctoral Fellow / Researcher (Noun Phrase): More formal terms for a person in a postdoctoral position.
Synonyms
- Postdoctoral fellow
- Postdoctoral researcher
- Research associate (in some academic contexts)
Related Phrases
- To do a postdoc: To undertake a postdoctoral position.
- After his Ph.D., he plans to do a postdoc in Germany.
- Postdoc position / postdoc opening: A job vacancy for a postdoctoral researcher.
- The institute has advertised three new postdoc openings.
Noun
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a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
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a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research
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