What is a Biological Sciences Division (BSD) Postdoctoral Fellow?
The BSD Postdoctoral Association produced the following guidelines at the request of postdocs who wanted clear information about university policies relating to their fellowships. Please contact us with comments, suggestions and questions about this information. Download these guidelines (PDF Updated 02/2008) These guidelines are based on three University of Chicago documents: • Biological Sciences Division Postdoctoral Training Guidelines (revised 3/31/05 ) (PDF) • Postdoctoral Fellows’ Supplementary Stipend (10/30/03) (PDF) The University of Chicago’s current postdoc policy can be found in the handbook for postdocs published in October 2007 and updated in March 2010. Postdoctoral Fellows (PDFs) PDFs are funded from a grant or fellowship paid as a stipend. PDFs are not employees of The University of Chicago. Find out if your fellowship can be paid as a salary. If it can, you can be a Postdoctoral Scholar. This entitles you to all the benefits of a University of Chicago employee. Howev
