A.1 - UNC Odum Email

Attachment A.1 – UNC Odum Email Announcement

Subject Line: NSF Early Career Doctorates Survey – Postdocs, Faculty, and Non-faculty needed

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is preparing for the Early Career Doctorates Survey, a national survey of early career doctorates in all fields, including non-science fields. The survey will provide the NSF with information about the career paths and research opportunities for individuals who earned their doctorate or doctorate-equivalent degree within the last 10 years including postdocs, faculty and non-faculty researchers.

RTI International*, a not-for-profit research organization in Research Triangle Park (RTP), will be conducting one-on-one interviews with postdocs, faculty and non-faculty researchers to evaluate survey questions. You are eligible to participate if you received a doctorate or doctorate-equivalent degree since 2003, regardless of your funding source or discipline.

The interview will take about 90 minutes after which time participants will receive a gift of $50 as an expression of appreciation. Interviews will be held in August and September at RTI at 3040 Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park which is about 12 miles east of Chapel Hill.

If you are interested in participating in this important NSF interview, please register using the link below. We will only use your registration information to select a diverse sample and to contact you if you are selected to participate. If you would prefer, you may also register or get more information by calling toll-free 1-8XX-XXX-XXXX or by sending an email to ecds@rti.org.

[URL link to registration]

If you know someone who may be eligible and interested, please feel free to forward this email to them.

Thank you,

Dr. Paul Biemer, Associate Director for Survey Research

Odum Institute for Research in Social Science

*RTI International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute.