postdoctoral
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Definition
Adjective:
- Relating to academic study, research, or a position undertaken after the completion of a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent).
Noun:
- A grant or fellowship that provides financial support for advanced research conducted after earning a doctoral degree.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- She secured a postdoctoral position at a leading research university.
- His postdoctoral research focused on renewable energy technologies.
- The university offers several postdoctoral fellowships each year.
Noun:
- She was awarded a prestigious postdoctoral to continue her work in molecular biology.
- The postdoctoral provided three years of funding for his independent research project.
- Applying for a postdoctoral is a common step after finishing a Ph.D.
Advanced Usage
"Postdoctoral fellow": A researcher holding a postdoctoral position or grant.
- As a postdoctoral fellow, her responsibilities included both research and mentoring graduate students.
"Postdoctoral training": The period of advanced, supervised research following a doctorate.
- The program provides essential postdoctoral training for careers in academia.
Variants and Related Words
Postdoctorate (Adjective & Noun): An alternative, less common form with the same meaning as "postdoctoral."
- He is currently in a postdoctorate phase of his career.
Postdoc (Noun, informal): A common shortened form referring to either a postdoctoral researcher or the position itself.
- She worked as a postdoc for two years before becoming a professor.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Post-doctoral, post-Ph.D.
- Noun: Postdoctoral fellowship, research grant, research fellowship.
Related Phrases
"To do a postdoc": To engage in postdoctoral work.
- Most graduates in this field plan to do a postdoc to strengthen their publication record.
"Postdoctoral advisor": The senior researcher who supervises a postdoctoral scholar.
- Her postdoctoral advisor was a Nobel laureate.
Adjective
- of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed
Noun
- a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research