Postdoc Workshops and Trainings

Ohio State University has a robust training and professional development environment that spans all colleges and scholarly disciplines with opportunities for individuals at every career stage.

In this section of the onboarding document, you will find a selection of institutional units with professional development, mentorship, and other training offerings available to postdocs.

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA)

  • Business of science
  • Career Services Support
  • Communication and presentation
  • DEI-focused trainings
  • English as a Second Language Trainings
  • Grant Writing
  • Mentorship training
  • Networking
  • New Postdoc Orientation
  • Opportunities for supervisory experiences
  • Opportunities for teaching experiences
  • Project Management Curriculum
  • Salary negotiation
  • Team Science Curriculum

Center for Cancer Mentoring, Education, Leadership and Oncology-Related Training (CAMELOT)

  • Communication
  • Grant writing
  • Networking

Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)

  • Business of science
  • Community-engaged research
  • Emerging technologies
  • Grant writing
  • Leadership training
  • Mentorship
  • Networking
  • Responsible conduct of research
  • Team science

College of Arts and Sciences Career Services

  • Career services
  • Communication and presentation
  • Industry engagement

College of Engineering Career Services

  • Career services
  • Communication and presentation
  • Industry engagement

ERDÖS Institute

  • Career services
  • Communication and presentation
  • Cross/retraining in data science for non-STEM
  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Industry engagement

Global Arts and Humanities

  • Networking
  • Discipline-specific events
  • Seminar series

Institute of Population Research

  • Grant writing
  • Interdisciplinary research
  • Networking

Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship

  • Entrepreneurship and start-ups
  • Intellectual property
  • Technology commercialization

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Office of Trainee Affairs

  • Networking
  • Responsible conduct of research
  • Scientific communication

Office of Diversity and Inclusion

  • DEI-focused trainings
  • Inclusive excellence
  • Social identities
  • Mentorship
  • Seminar series

Office of International Affairs

  • Trainings and support focused on:
    • Immigration and Visas
    • How to file taxes
    • Living and working in the U.S.
  • 1:1 consultations

Office of Knowledge Enterprise

  • Leadership opportunities
  • Research development
  • Team science

Translational Data Analytics Institute

  • Communication and presentations
  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Emerging technologies
  • Team science

University Libraries Research Commons

  • Trainings focused on:
    • data analysis and visualization
    • emerging technologies
    • grant writing
    • Responsible conduct of research
  • Free office and conference room spaces for group meetings and other events.

The Women’s Place

  • DEI-focused trainings
  • Inclusive excellence
  • Leadership and mentorship
  • Salary negotiation