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Definitions of Postdoctoral Fellows

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will utilize the FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) definition of Postdoctoral Fellows. This includes the following criteria:

1. the appointee was awarded a Ph.D., equivalent doctorate, or terminal degree (e.g., Sc.D., M.D., M.F.A.) in an appropriate field;
2. the appointment is temporary;
3. the appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship;
4. the appointment is viewed as preparatory for a full-time academic or research career;
5. the appointment may be part of a clinical training program, if research training under the supervision of a mentor is a primary purpose of the appointment;
6. the appointee works under the supervision of a scholar or a department in a university or similar research institution (e.g., national laboratory, NIH, etc.); and
7. the appointee is expected to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment, in consultation with his or her mentor.

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