A quick pre-holiday break update with some funding and career development opportunities.
Also a postdoc social meet up TOMORROW NIGHT!
OF NOTE: Anyone with a current New York Academy of Sciences membership who would like to renew
for $10 with our special discounted memberships deal, the deadline to renew without a lapse in membership is today (extended from
yesterday). The final, final deadline to sign up for the 2016 calendar year is still
Jan 22.
Happy Holidays from the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs!
Katy Flint Ehm Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs postdocs@stonybrook.edu
1. SBU-BNL Postdoc Meetups Resume! Tomorrow, Fri, Dec 18, 7:30pm
Come out for a social meet up with SBU and Brookhaven postdocs this Friday night.
Hang out and meet postdocs outside your lab and campus. Food and drink available for
purchase.
When: Friday, Dec 18, 7:30pm
Where: BBD’s (49 Route 25A, Rocky Point).
Questions: Email postdocs@stonybrook.edu to contact the organizers.
2. Harvard Medical School Career Development Series for Postdocs
Harvard Medical School and the Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP) invites all postdocs
(particularly African-American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals) to attend the Career Development Series for Postdoctoral Fellows, Biomedical Science
Careers Student Conference and New England Science Symposium (NESS). There is no registration fee for these programs, but separate pre-registration is
required for each program.
Friday Afternoon, April 1, 2016 – Harvard Medical School “Strategies for Effective Communication” for Postdoctoral Fellows
For more information on each program please see flyer and NESS brochure.
Funding
1. Biomedical Technology Development Grants: Proposal Deadline: Jan 7
The Long Island Bioscience Hub (LIBH) technology development grants are a multi-tiered
funding initiative aimed at collectively contributing to a pipeline of commercially
promising biomedical technology in the region. Faculty members, physicians, medical
fellows and post-doctoral associates from Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory are eligible to apply, and funding
opportunities range from $50K to $100K per year.
Additional information about these programs, and the mission of the Long Island Bioscience
Hub, can be found on the Center for Biotechnology website. Deadline for submission is 11:59PM, January 7th, 2016. Applications should be submitted in the required format by the deadline. Incomplete
submissions and submissions after the deadline will not be considered.
To support your professional and career development, Stony Brook is offering interested
students and postdocs the opportunity to sign up for a heavily discounted membership
to one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific organizations in the United States,
the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).
Sign up now through January 22, 2016 for an annual student membership with NYAS for only $10.
Current NYAS members may also renew under this arrangement. To avoid a lapse in your
membership term, renewing NYAS members need to enroll by DECEMBER 17th (TODAY).
Come out for a social meet up with SBU and Brookhaven postdocs this Friday night.
Hang out and meet postdocs outside your lab and campus. Food and drink available for
purchase. 
The Long Island Bioscience Hub (LIBH) technology development grants are a multi-tiered
funding initiative aimed at collectively contributing to a pipeline of commercially
promising biomedical technology in the region. Faculty members, physicians, medical
fellows and post-doctoral associates from Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory are eligible to apply, and funding
opportunities range from $50K to $100K per year.
