- Postdoctoral fellows add to the intellectual development of any department/school.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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