POSTDOCTORAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postdoctoral mean? 

• POSTDOCTORAL (noun)
  The noun POSTDOCTORAL has 1 sense:

1. a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research

  Familiarity information: POSTDOCTORAL used as a noun is very rare.

• POSTDOCTORAL (adjective)
  The adjective POSTDOCTORAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed

  Familiarity information: POSTDOCTORAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTDOCTORAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grant that funds postdoctoral study or research

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

post doc; postdoc; postdoctoral

Hypernyms ("postdoctoral" is a kind of...):

grant-in-aid (a grant to a person or school for some educational project)

• POSTDOCTORAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

postdoc (a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree)

 Context examples 

Hu spearheaded the work with first author Dr. Mengqiu Wang, a postdoctoral scholar in his Optical Oceanography Lab at USF.

(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)

To provide support for a transition period between postdoctoral training and an independent research career.

(Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, NCI Thesaurus)

Chih-Hsiang "Jason" Yang, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Southern California who led the study, said the results suggest a simple way for people to boost their wellbeing throughout the day.

(Mindful Movement May Help Lower Stress, Anxiety, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It encourages extraordinary young scientists to pursue careers in cancer research by funding initial postdoctoral Fellowship Awards, Scholar Awards and Clinical Investigator Awards.

(Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

Traditionally, we have viewed salt marshes as resilient to nitrogen pollution, because the microbes there remove much of the nitrogen as gas, writes first author Ashley Bulseco, a postdoctoral scientist at the MBL.

(Salt marshes' capacity to store carbon may be threatened by nitrogen pollution, National Science Foundation)

DCEG supports two programs: One provides pre- and postdoctoral training in cancer epidemiology and biostatistics, and the other provides postdoctoral interdisciplinary training in cancer genetics and epidemiology.

(Fellowship Programs, DCEG, NCI Thesaurus)

Popp and Siegfried Eggl, a Caltech postdoctoral scholar at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, created a model for a planet in the Kepler 35 system.

(Earth-Sized 'Tatooine' Planets Could Be Habitable, NASA)

The study was led by two postdoctoral scientists, Dr Rafael Romero-Garcia and Dr Richard Bethlehem, and Varun Warrier, a PhD student.

(Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism, University of Cambridge)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards NRSA individual postdoctoral fellowships (F32) to the most promising applicants to support full-time research training related to the mission of the NIH awarding components.

(Individual National Research Service Award, NCI Thesaurus)

Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the best way to limit further warming, said study lead author César Terrer, a postdoctoral scholar in Earth system science in Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

(Study Suggests Trees' Potential to Slow Global Warming in Next 100 Years, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)