Top 10 Reasons to Select Stanford for Postdoctoral Training 1. A world-class academic environment with innovative research of the highest caliber and facilities that define tomorrow's "state-of-the-art" in countless disciplines. 2. An almost palpable energy and excitement that come from participating in ground-breaking discoveries. 3. An exceptionally large and diverse community of postdoctoral scholars - close to 1,400 university-wide - that complements the tremendous strength to be found in our faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students. 4. A single academic campus where the humanities, sciences, medicine, law, business, and engineering are all side-by-side with the resulting cross-fertilization that can only happen with such close proximity. 5. A physical campus of over 8,000 acres (3,500 hectares) with miles of trails for running and walking, world-class sports facilities, outdoor and indoor art that helps feed the soul, and an "industrial park" where many high-tech companies (e.g., Hewlett-Packard) have had their start and still maintain a large presence (the campus is in fact the birthplace of Silicon Valley). 6. A university-wide Office of Postdoctoral Services (one of the first in the country) and a dynamic postdoctoral association (SUPD) to represent your needs and host social activities. 7. A most impressive record of former postdoctoral scholars who have gone on to leadership positions in academia, industry, and policy worldwide. 8. Forty-five minutes from San Francisco and our many colleagues at UCSF, and an hour to UC Berkeley (ties with these and other institutions are many and close). 9. A diverse local community in the South Bay with a range of housing options and many opportunities for eating out, movies, and the like. 10. And, for those times when you really want a break, you can go watch Stanford's many nationally ranked teams who have won 81 NCAA Championships in women's and men's basketball, baseball, water polo, golf, track, football, tennis, volleyball, and swimming.

If you are seeking a position as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, please contact the faculty/lab you wish to work with directly. To learn about the work of specific faculty or labs, and the possibility of undertaking postdoctoral work with them:

• Attend our workshop for Stanford faculty, staff, and students who are in search of postdoctoral appointments: How to Locate and Secure a Postdoctoral Research Scholar Position. The next session will be annouced soon. No registration required!
• Visit our online listing of open postdoctoral positions, which includes brief descriptions of research, plus contact information for the faculty or lab currently recruiting a postdoctoral scholar.
• Find out more about ongoing biosciences research by looking up faculty by name or department in the Stanford University School of Medicine Community Academic Profiles (CAP).
• Use Stanford University's online index of department web sites to tour departments' pages for more information on their labs and research projects.

In addition to these online resources, Stanford faculty may advertise in national journals related to their research; remember to check for position listings in your favorite academic publications.

Want to list a new position?

Stanford administrators and mentors may use our online submission form to add announcements of new postdoctoral positions to the current online list.