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Welcome to MinorityPostdoc.org

This is the premier web portal on the minority postdoctoral experience featuring news, articles, resources, and events about jobs, career advice, professional development, funding, fellowships, mentoring, and diversity issues.

Diversity Calendar Page Updated for Fall 2025

calendar thumbnailOur Diversity Calendar page has been updated with 2025 events happening this Fall! The Calendar page has national conferences and workshops that may be of interest to current & future diverse postdocs (and their allies). Unique features are 1) a map localizing all the higher education diversity events in the nation and 2) a sortable table database with logistical information and links to event webpages. See our Events page for the conference list of where our organization plans to have a presence. For our advertising clients, we distribute their job/opportunity flyers during the event (contact us for details and rates).
ArcGIS USA map screenshot of blue dots on cities representing locations of where diversity events are occurring. One event has pop-up information box of National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference occurring July 11-14 in Miami, FL.

DivSch24 Conference Success!

Our 2024 DiverseScholar Postdoctoral Conference (#DivSch24) was a success! Around 30 PhD trainees with 15 speakers, facilitators, and staff participated in our September 6-7 event in Orange County, CA. This seventh conference had professional development sessions, research presentations, and opportunities for recruiting. All activities support our membership in their postdoctoral and professional career exploration especially to diversify academia. We thank sponsors National Institutes of Health, Virginia Tech, and Stanford University.

By Alison F. Takemura, Ph.D.
Reporting on the #SciWri19 #SciWriDiversity session.

November 19 2025 - November 23 2025
: San Jose, CA
American Progress, August 2011

...the ARC [Applied Research Center] report uncovered a disturbing fact. The people who are most inclined to speak out on the subject of racial diversity are those who hold the most negative opinions.

Our Contact List has 1,000+ Emails!

Our Monthly Newsletter Contact List has over 1,000 emails! To put that number in perspective, NSF estimates that there are only 3,000 underrepresented minority postdocs in the USA. The word clouds below show the institutions and names present in our email contact list.

names of Doctoral Directory members institutions of Doctoral Directory members