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 Cognos report confirming the availability of funding.

Postdoctoral Candidate Information

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Appointment Information

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Please provide a justification for this appointment.

Action Requested*

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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)

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Source of Funds

Funds must add up to the University minimum.

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Required unless request is for a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow appointment

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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.

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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

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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

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