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

Postdoc Last Name

Postdoc First Name

Appointee's email address

Country of Citizenship

Visa Required?

Doctoral Degree Award Date

MM/YYYY

Doctoral degree(s)

Please list all

Employee ID# (Required for all reappointments)

Appointment Information

School/Center

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

Department

Appointment Start Date

MM/DD/YYYY

Appointment End Date

MM/DD/YYYY

Postdoc Faculty Mentor

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

Please indicate whether the appointee been a postdoc for more than 5 years.

Action Requested

New Appointment (minimum one-year appt term)

Salary Adjustment

Reappointment (only within same job code)

Transfer to Grant/Fellowship including NRSA

Change of Dates

Transfer from Department/Center

Graduate Student continuing as Postdoctoral Fellow (if term is less than one year)

Other

Job Title (Job Code)

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.

Postdoctoral Scholar (100006)

NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow (100091)

Postdoctoral Fellow - Dept of Education (105565)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Direct Fellowship (107021) - Please fill out sponsoring entity below

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (103073) - Must have documentation of appointment to a home institution outside Northwestern where they will return

Sponsoring Entity

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

Please attach a CV and any other applicable documentation

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

Postdoc Copy of CV attached

Confirm CV is attached by checking box

Confirm Full-Time Appointment (Part-time appointments are not permitted.)

Source of Funds

Funds must add up to the University minimum.

University Funds 1 ($)

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.

University Funds 1 (enter funding chartstring for $ amount above)

Required unless request is for a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow appointment.

University Funds 2 ($)

Enter Sponsored or Non-Sponsored funding.

University Funds 2 (enter funding chartstring for $ amount above)

External Support ($)

This is support not administered by Northwestern University.

Pay

Total New Salary for this appointment

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

Affiliate Organization

For example: NMH, RIC, etc.

Insurance and University Policies

Please select the checkbox to indicate you agree to the insurance statement.

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)

Please select the checkbox to indicate you agree to the University policies statement.

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.

Principal Investigator

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

Sponsoring Principal Investigator Email

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

Dept Chair, Division Chief, or Center Director

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

Dept Chair, Chief or Director Email

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

Requester's Name

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

Requester's Telephone Number

Requester's Email Address

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