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Students and Postdocs Organizations
Student and Postdoc Organizations

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European


EMBO fellowsNET
http://fellowsnet.embo.org

A community portal for EMBO Fellows and other postdoctoral researchers.


Eurodoc
http://www.eurodoc.net/presentation/index.php

Eurodoc aims to provide a structure for the collaboration of Europe's doctoral and postdoctoral students' unions, to represent European doctoral students and young researchers at a European level in discussions with political and administrative institutions and to propose improvements to the status of PhD students and young researchers.

National organization members of Eurodoc are listed at http://www.eurodoc.net/organisations/

Marie Curie Fellowship Association
http://www.mariecurie.org/

The Marie Curie Fellowship Association is the association of scientists who were awarded a mobility research training grant by the European Union (Marie Curie Fellows).


Postgraduates International Network (PI Net)
http://www.postgrad.org/

PI Net aims to encourage international co-operation between postgraduate student associations, and to facilitate communication between the members of the international postgraduate community.



National


Spain
Precarios: Spanish Young Researchers Association
http://www.precarios.org

A nationwide organization of young researchers in Spain that includes PhD students, postdocs, researchers with unstable contracts, and graduate and undergraduate technicians. It aims to fight for better conditions for young researchers and to demand an increase in R&D budgets to improve the Spanish research system.


Switzerland
Friedrich Miescher Institute Student Web Site
http://www.fmi.ch/student


UK
Postdoc Association in the School of Life Sciences at the University of
Dundee
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/lifescience/postdoc


This association's aims are:

* to encourage and assist in the career development of postdocs and to enhance their generic skills
* to be a voice for postdocs in interactions with the management of the School of Life Sciences
* to help new postdocs with local and departmental orientation
* to catalyse interactions between postdocs in different subject areas through a seminar series and social events


USA
USA National Postdoctoral Association
http://www.nationalpostdoc.org

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is a member-driven organization that provides a unique national voice for postdoctoral scholars.? It is a collaborative organization that seeks to work with all stakeholders to improve the postdoctoral experience in the United States.