Express your interest to host the National Postdoc Conference (NPDC) 2025

Host selection applications open 21 May 2024 until 28 June 2024 23:59

The National Postdoc Conference is run every two years in the UK and is an opportunity for postdoctoral researchers to discuss current issues, plan their careers, engage in professional development and suggest ways to improve research culture. Hugely successful conferences have been run by postdocs at the University of Cambridge in 2017, a hybrid event run by London postdocs in 2019, a fully online conference at the University of Liverpool in 2021, and most recently by C-DICE at Loughborough University in 2023.

UKRSA is looking to select the next host of the National Postdoc Conference who will run an event for postdocs across the UK covering a mixture of sessions and workshops. The selection committee will include the co-chairs of UKRSA, a Vitae representative, and former organisers of the NPDC.

If you have questions about your application, please contact Rachael Nicholas, Vitae Membership and Engagement Manager at rachael.nicholas@vitae.ac.uk.

To submit your proposal for hosting NPDC 2025, please complete the form below on behalf of your organisation. Short-listed potential hosts will be invited for interview in early July, and the selected host and date of the NPDC 2025 will be announced by the end of July 2024.

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Email address

Location

Institution (If applicable, please also specify the name of the organisation; e.g., research staff association/forum)

What will be the theme of your event? Please describe your vision and a programme outline for the event max. 300 words

How will postdocs / research staff be involved in organising this event? max. 150 words

Do you want to run a fully in-person, hybrid or a fully online event?

When do you want to run the event? (proposed date or month and day of the week; e.g. do you want to run the event in National Postdoc Awareness week?)

Does your institution support this event? If yes, in what way?

How will you ensure the event is as fully equitable, diverse and inclusive as possible? Please give examples of how you will ensure EDI during the event max. 150 words

What are your plans for funding and sponsorship?

If you hold an in-person event, how can people travel to your location for a reasonable price?

If you hold an in-person event, what rooms do you have available to host the meeting? e.g. a lecture hall for X attendees, seminar rooms for workshops

If there is an online component, what technology / platforms might you use? What technical support will you have?

What types of people do you intend to offer a place on your Steering Committee and how often will it meet? max. 100 words

What is your proposed timetable for planning the event?

How will this event link with UKRSA and Vitae events and publicity? e.g. timing, branding and cross-signposting

What will be the intended outputs from the meeting? max. 200 words

What materials will be available online after the event? e.g. recorded talks max. 100 words

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