postdoctorate
- noun
- /ˌpoʊstˈdɒktərˌeɪt/
- Specialized
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investigador postdoctoral
- Since the postdoctoral position is a temporary position, it is not surprising that postdoctorates felt insecure about their jobs.
Examples
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It is extremely difficult to calculate even the number of postdoctorates in other employment sectors (i.e., industry and the federal government) or the number of postdoctorates who received their PhDs outside the United States.
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Postdoctorates are a harder population to estimate.
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The first is the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, also known as the graduate student survey (GSS).
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Keywords: salaries; employment trends; workforce; postdoctorates; biological scientists
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Thus, it is extremely difficult to get a complete picture of the postdoctoral population—a group that comprises a major part of the biological and agricultural sciences, since a postdoctorate is typically a requirement for a research career in these fields.
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It is extremely difficult to calculate even the number of postdoctorates in other employment sectors (i.e., industry and the federal government) or the number of postdoctorates who received their PhDs outside the United States.
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After completing her PhD, Sarah took a postdoctorate position to further her research in cancer biology.
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Many universities offer funding opportunities specifically for postdoctorates engaged in innovative research projects.
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Experienced researchers often supervise postdoctorates in their respective fields.
Synonyms
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6.3
A person who does research after getting a PhD, usually at a university
How Experienced
∞
3.2
40
3.7
- US
32
3.9
- Specialized
3
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Postdoctorate combines post- 'after' and doctorate 'PhD' to name a person who does further research after earning a doctorate, and this role is often called a postdoc for short.