Post Doctoral Fellows in the Faculty of Environment

  1. Postdoctoral fellows add to the intellectual development of any department/school.
  2. Although postdoctoral fellows generally come to a department/school for a set time period to conduct research and be mentored by a senior academic, a formal letter of invitation has to come from the chair/director and sent to the Dean's Office. This letter will indicate to the postdoctoral fellow, at least two months prior to his/her presence on campus, what provisions have been made with regard to space, computing services and other facilities for example.
  3. All postdoctoral fellows will share office/lab space. Any office space made available to a postdoctoral fellow must be part of the space inventory under the control of that department/school.
  4. Postdoctoral fellows will be allocated a mailbox by the department/school. Mail will be forwarded to an off campus address for no longer than two months after the postdoctoral fellow leaves the department/school.
  5. Telephone, fax, postage, photocopying, basic computing services (access to the network, access to email through the network) and secretarial support will be the responsibility of the postdoctoral fellow in his/her application to the funding agency or the principal investigator (PI) of the research grant/contract that pays the postdoctoral fellow.
  6. Postdoctoral fellows may be offered the opportunity to teach. However, there is no guarantee and will depend on budget and/or the department's/school's needs. Normally a postdoctoral fellow will be offered the opportunity to teach no more than one course per term.
  7. Postdoctoral fellows will be responsible for their own computer and software maintenance. Such services are carried out on campus by Information Systems & Technology (IST) and Mapping, Analysis & Design (MAD) for a fee. Postdoctoral fellows should make themselves familiar with the University's statement on the use of computing and network resources.
  8. This Environment guideline became effective July 1, 2000.

Refer to postdoctoral guidelines on the Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) website.


Last updated on July 1, 2000