New Recommendation for Postdoctoral Appointment for Weinberg College

Please review the instructions submitting Postdoctoral requests on the Weinberg College web site before completing this form.


**March 2025: Effective immediately, any appointment with funding attached will be required to provide chartstring details and a GL005 and/or GM045 Cognos report confirming the availability of funding.

 

Postdoctoral Candidate Information

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Appointment Information

 

Enter the Northwestern school or center. "Weinberg College" is the default value here, but you may modify it as needed.

 
 

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Please enter in the following order: First-Name Last-Name

 
 
 

WCAS Research and Teaching Postdoc Fellow appointment requests are not processed by Weinberg's Dean's office. Please follow this link to the Faculty Affairs webpage to request your appointment.

 

For Postdoctoral Fellows, Direct Fellowship, the sponsoring entity information is required. Please note that verification of the sponsoring entity is also required.

 

A CV is required for all new appointments and for all reappointments. Letter of Affiliation is required for Postdoctoral Fellow, Direct Fellowship (107021) and Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (103073)

Drop your files here
 

Confirm CV is attached by checking box

 
 

Source of Funds

Funds must add up to the University minimum.

 

Enter Sponsored or Non-Sponsored funding. Required unless request is for a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow appointment


Please enter the total amount that will be covered on Chartstring 1, NOT a percentage.

 

Required unless request is for a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow appointment.

 

Enter Sponsored or Non-Sponsored funding.

 
 

This is support not administered by Northwestern University.

 

Pay

 

Please enter a monetary sum that includes ALL sources. Please don't include $ symbol. Required unless request is for a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow appointment

 

For example: NMH, RIC, etc.

 

Insurance and University Policies

 

Faculty members and administrators must review with the postdoctoral candidate enrollment information for University health insurance, proof of health insurance, or information and approval of coverage by the Office of Risk Management covering the full appointment term. (Refer to pg. 2)

 

Postdoctoral Fellows must adhere to University policies on Conflict of Interest, Research Integrity, and Intellectual Property and Patents. The candidate has been informed of these and will be provided with a copy of relevant policies and the staff handbook. https://www.northwestern.edu/coi/index.html

 

 

Authorization

I authorize this appointment and certify that the proposed position is in accord with University policies. The Department/Center takes full responsibility for the appointee, including provision of facilities/equipment and any involved obligation of salary, benefits and health insurance claims.

 

Please enter in the following order: First-Name Last-Name

 

Important note: This email address will be used in an automatically generated request for an approval from the Principal Investigator. Must be Northwestern email address. We recommend you verify the email address in the Northwestern People Directory: https://directory.northwestern.edu/?verbose=1

 

Please enter in the following order: First-Name Last-Name

 

Important note: This email address will be used in an automatically generated request for an approval from the Department Chair/Center Director. Must be Northwestern email address. We recommend you verify the email address in the Northwestern People Directory: https://directory.northwestern.edu/?verbose=1

 

Please enter in the following order: First-Name Last-Name