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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
Recent decisions by the Provost’s Advisory
Committee on Postdoctoral Scholars:
Postdoctoral appointments may be made for
up to 3 years initially
• New Offer Letter Language
• New Required Enclosure
Visa start and end dates must coincide with
appointment dates
How to make corrections to offer letters
Amendments vs. new letters
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Benefits Updates
Open Enrollment
Nov. 3 – Nov. 17
Two Benefit Fairs: Nov. 6 & Nov. 13
• 1pm-4pm in CCSR, CR 4205
Find all the details and updates at
http://postdocs.stanford.edu/benefits/
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
BISNet Update
December Department Charges File
Early processing due to Winter Closure
(would normally be due on the last business day of the month)
PTA/BISNet entry due date:
December 15th 2009
Tuesday,
• Note that this coincides with the first December
GFS Salary entry due date!
Current October Dept Charges File
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Reminders from the
Fellowships Office
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).
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.
http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/fellowships.html
http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/funding/
Courier – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Stanford University
Winter Closure Dates and
Deadlines
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:
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