postdoctoral
adjective
post·doc·tor·al
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rəl 
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
variants
or less commonly postdoctorate
ˌpōs(t)-ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət
ˈpōst-ˌdäk-
: being beyond the doctoral level:
a
: of or relating to advanced academic or professional work beyond a doctor's degree
a postdoctoral fellowship
b
: engaged in such work
postdoctoral scholars
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What happens with the postdoctoral scholars that are here on international visas, or those that are that are helping to contribute to labs whose funding is in question?
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Watch squid species captured on camera for the first time
'What are the odds'
Manuel Novillo, a postdoctoral researcher at Argentina's Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal, who was aboard the ship, told NatGeo the expedition wasn't even meant to be in the area that day.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 11 June 2025
If this budget is enacted, however, NSF officials anticipate only funding a measly 7 percent of research proposals overall rather than 25 percent; the number of graduate research fellowships awarded would be cleaved in half, and postdoctoral fellowships in the physical sciences would drop to zero.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
By 1952, the foundation was awarding merit fellowships to graduate and postdoctoral scientists from every state.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Watch squid species captured on camera for the first time
'What are the odds'
Manuel Novillo, a postdoctoral researcher at Argentina's Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal, who was aboard the ship, told NatGeo the expedition wasn't even meant to be in the area that day.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 11 June 2025
If this budget is enacted, however, NSF officials anticipate only funding a measly 7 percent of research proposals overall rather than 25 percent; the number of graduate research fellowships awarded would be cleaved in half, and postdoctoral fellowships in the physical sciences would drop to zero.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
By 1952, the foundation was awarding merit fellowships to graduate and postdoctoral scientists from every state.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for postdoctoral
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“Postdoctoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postdoctoral. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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