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Postdoctoral
Administrators
Quarterly Meeting
November 4, 2009
Clark S360
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Policy and Procedural
Update
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Recent decisions by the Provost’s Advisory
Committee on Postdoctoral Scholars:
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Postdoctoral appointments may be made for
up to 3 years initially
• New Offer Letter Language
• New Required Enclosure
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Visa start and end dates must coincide with
appointment dates
How to make corrections to offer letters
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Amendments vs. new letters
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Benefits Updates
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Open Enrollment
Nov. 3 – Nov. 17
 Two Benefit Fairs: Nov. 6 & Nov. 13
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• 1pm-4pm in CCSR, CR 4205
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Find all the details and updates at
http://postdocs.stanford.edu/benefits/
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
BISNet Update
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December Department Charges File
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Early processing due to Winter Closure
(would normally be due on the last business day of the month)
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PTA/BISNet entry due date:
December 15th 2009
Tuesday,
• Note that this coincides with the first December
GFS Salary entry due date!
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Current October Dept Charges File
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Reminders from the
Fellowships Office
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NIH/NRSA workshops – mandatory for all postdocs
applying. Refer to
http://ora.stanford.edu/grantsgov/fellowships.asp  Contact Lisa Forgatsch ([email protected]) or
enroll in STARS (via Axess).
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Internal deadline – Final proposals and all paperwork
are due at 9:00 am 5 working days before sponsor’s
deadline, regardless of whether or not they need
institutional approval.
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http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/fellowships.html
http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/funding/
Courier – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
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Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Winter Closure Dates and
Deadlines
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OPA will be closed from December 21, 2009 through
January 1, 2010.
OPA will re-open on Monday, January 4, 2010
Remaining New Postdoc Orientation sessions in 2009 will
be on: November 5, 12, 19 and December 3, 10 and 17.
No Orientation session scheduled on November 26, 2009
Deadlines to submit appointment paperwork to OPA for
processing before winter closure:
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Postdocs requiring visas: November 25, 2009
US Citizens: December 1, 2009
Deadline to submit any DS-2019 initial or extension
requests to OPA for processing before winter closure:
November 25, 2009
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Visa Update
Shalini Bhutani
Bechtel International Center
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University