Postdoc Resources
Links to resources, offices, and services available to postdocs appointed by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs are listed below in the following categories:
- Onboarding
- Teaching
- Career Services
- Professional Development
- International Postdoc Resources
- Research Administration and Funding Resources
- Campus Resources
- Work/Life Balance Resources
- Health and Wellness
- Hardship Funds and Mutual Aid
Onboarding (also see Information for New Postdoc Hires for VU and VUMC specific resources)
Teaching
- Center for Teaching
- Course Design Institute
- Learning Communities
- Individual Consultations
- YES-Course Schedule and Catalog Search
- BrightSpace Support
- TopHat Support
- Academic Integrity/Honor Code
- Teaching Science Lunches
Career Services
Professional Development
- BRET (Biomedical Research Education & Training) Career Development
- Faculty Affairs
- Events
- Edge for Scholars
- Imagine PhD – Career planning tool for the humanities and social sciences
- National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
International Postdoc Resources
- International Tax Resources
- Email the VU International Tax Office ito@vanderbilt.edu
- International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) for VU Postdocs
- Global Support Services (GSS) for VU Postdocs
- VUMC Immigration Services Office (ISO)
- Email the International Tax Office at VUMC itovumc@vumc.org
- English Language Center
Research Administration and Funding Resources
- Research@Vanderbilt
- VUMC Office of Research (OOR)
- SPIN Database of Sponsored Funding Opportunities
- Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) – note: VU postdocs access VICTR via StarBRITE
- Edge for Scholars – note: email Adrienne Babcock to gain access to the Funded Grants Library
Campus Resources
- Campus Libraries – Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries – note: Postdocs have the same loan period as Faculty (365 days); the library is accessible to both VU and VUMC postdocs.
- Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (VU)
- VUMC Office of Diversity and Inclusion (VUMC)
- Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
- Campus Dining
- Digital Humanities
- Equal Opportunity and Access Office (VU)
- Employee and Labor Relations, Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Disability (EAD) (VUMC)
- Inclusion Initiative and Cultural Competence
- Information Technology (VU)
- Information Technology (VUMC)
- LGBTQI Life
- Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
- Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life
- Project Safe Center (VU)
- SHARE Center (VUMC)
- Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
- Student Access Services
- Title IX and Student Discrimination Office (VU)
Work/Life Balance Resources
- Area Schools
- Arts at Vanderbilt
- Athletics Tickets
- Child and Family Center (VU)
- Early Childhood Care and Education (VUMC – VUMC ID required)
- Graduate and Postdoc Academic Success (GPAS) Program
- Recreation and Wellness Center
- Lactation Room Locations (University Campus)
- Lactation Room Locations (Medical Center Campus)
- Women’s Center Work-Life Workshops
Health and Wellness
- Lyra – Behavioral/Mental Health Program (VU)
- Work/Life Connections (VUMC)
- Virgin Pulse – Wellness Platform (VU)
- Health Plus (VUMC)
- Medical Insurance Benefits
- Vanderbilt University Health and Wellness (VU)
- Reproductive Health and Parenting (VU)
- Leave Policy
- Occupational Health (VU and VUMC)
- Vanderbilt University Reproductive Health Task Force (VU)