History
The NPA was established with the goal of facilitating improvements for postdoctoral researchers in the United States. At the time of its founding, there was no national organization with the primary aim of improving the American postdoctoral experience. The formation of the NPA crystallized many ongoing diffuse debates related to postdocs and provide a focal point to enable important administrative and policy changes that would enhance the postdoctoral experience. From its inception, he NPA has worked collaboratively and constructively with research institutions, postdoctoral affairs offices (PDOs), postdoctoral associations (PDAs), professional organizations, and scientific funding agencies. The NPA has sought especially to encourage the creation of additional PDOs and PDAs. Through evidence-based advocacy, the NPA has sought to bring about changes that would benefit postdocs and other parties interested in seeing the research enterprise flourish.
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