Announcements
For current postdocs
Find announcements about job opportunities, professional development workshops, social events, and other news relevant to Northwestern's postdoctoral community.
Postdoc news

Register for Mentoring Up + Down Workshops
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs runs quarterly “Mentoring Up + Down” workshops for postdoctoral scholars in all disciplines who would like to learn best practices to help them establish effective and productive mentoring relationships with their mentees (“mentoring down”) and with their mentors (“mentoring up”).Events
Check out the OPA Wire e-newsletter for current events and upcoming opportunities open and curated to our postdoctoral community!
Please email postdocs@northwestern.edu to subscribe to our OPA Wire e-newsletter.
Register for a PhD and Postdoc Career Development Series: Chicago Campus

This winter and spring, Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA) and The Graduate School (TGS) are pleased to facilitate an in-person career development series for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars on the Chicago campus. The series will consist of monthly hour-long workshops from Thursday, January 29 – Thursday, May 14, as well as two alumni panels on Tuesday, March 31 and Thursday, May 21.
For prospective postdocs
Open positions at Northwestern
Explore recently posted positions at Northwestern.
- Postdoctoral Research Opportunity – Neurodevelopmental Diversity: Autism and FMR1-Mutation Conditions
December 19, 2025
- Postdoctoral Research Opportunity – Stem Cell and Autophagy Research in the Peng Lab
December 18, 2025
- Postdoctoral Research Opportunity – Epigenetics, Stem Cell Biology, and Multi-Omics in Blood Cancer Research
December 18, 2025
- Postdoctoral Research Opportunity – Translational Brain Tumor Research in the Lee-Chang Lab
December 8, 2025