Postdoc Committees

What are the Postdoc Committees?

SURPAS currently oversees eight active committees, each focusing on one aspect of postdoc life. Joining a committee is a great way to get involved and contribute to the postdoc community! You can put in as much time as you can to organize social events, develop advocacy strategies, or communicate relevant topics to the broader community.

Any Stanford postdoc can join a committee.

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AIMS

To provide guidance and support for postdoctoral scholars who are interested in pursuing a career path in industry

Communications

Promoting the presence of postdocs among non-postdoc communities and providing institutional memory for postdoc leadership

Family

Improving the lives of postdocs with dependents and making it more possible for postdocs who wish to have children to do so

Housing and Transportation

Making Stanford and the Bay Area more livable for postdocs

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)

Supporting the needs of existing postdocs with minoritized experiences and taking steps to increase the diversity of the Stanford postdoc population

Long Range Planning Committee

Engaging in a long range planning process to build a shared collective vision of the future of postdocs at Stanford

Postdoc Symposium

Bringing together a group of postdocs that reflect the diversity of people and their disciplines doing research at the Stanford campus

Postdoc Teaching and Outreach Committee

Providing and publicizing opportunities for Stanford postdocs to teach and communicate science

Social

The SURPAS Social Committee exists to foster a social life for postdocs here at Stanford

Sports

Providing social/sports events for Stanford postdocs to meet and get out of the lab

Stanford Postdoctoral Initiative Fund (SPIF)

Recognizing and supporting project proposals from within the Stanford postdoc community in an effort to encourage and enrich postdoc experiences