PostDoc In USA – Fellowship, Visa, Expenses, Scope – All Your Questions Answered
Hey everybody, welcome to Biotecnika, today we are talking about postdoctorate in the United States of America. Yes, you heard me right. A lot of questions, a lot of excitement and a lot of hype and a lot of confusion. This particular topic receives a lot of queries and we at Biotecnika sometimes get overwhelmed repeating the same thing again and again.
So today I thought okay, let me make a video with all the details, all the insights about how to get postdoctorate in the USA and what are the perks, what are the benefits and what was the downside all that included in one single video, so let’s get started!
So here’s the thing about post-doctorate in the USA. Many people think that if you get a postdoc in the US you can literally print money. But that’s a myth guys, that’s not the truth. The truth is, there is a lot of struggle in there and there is a lot of hard work in there. And if you want to know every minute detail and every truth of doing a post-doctorate in the USA
in life sciences, then watch this video till the end.Many people think that you will have a Dream Life in the USA, to some extent Yes, but not really. Okay, what you are thinking is that you will have a mansion there that that will happen, but yes, you will have a very good lifestyle okay.
Now, let’s come to the fellowship. So, how much actually you can earn now every university and every laboratory in the US comes out with their vacancies which are posted on Biotecnika Global which is https://www.biotecnika.com/ and that is where you get all the information.
Now like in India, you have CSIR in the USA, and there is something called as NIH Okay. Now, NIH is the organization and there are various labs certified with NIH like you have CSIR labs in India, the same way you have NIH labs in the USA.
Now, here is the interesting thing you all should know, if you are thinking that okay, I will straightaway get into NIH lab, it may not happen there are various private universities also like John Hopkins where you can get a postdoc, and then there are some small labs as well.
But here’s the thing you should know, always prefer an NIH lab because that’s where the maximum facilities and maximum fellowship comes, how much that is, look at that here. Now, if it is funded, if your project is funded by NIH, you are going to get $53,000 annually. Now, this is not the enhanced salary, but it is the annual gross salary which you will get from the fellowship. And it varies from laboratory to laboratory, but more or less on average $53,000 A year annual salary.
More details on budgeting, visa requirement etc are available in the video – Watch the whole video to gain a better understanding.
So this is all about postdoc in the USA and the financial implications and the journey in which you will have the guides there the technology, it is amazing, but there are always pros and cons. So calculate that carefully before you jump in. So that’s all for this video, guys. I will see you in the next video, which probably is going to be on salary in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in India and USA compared so we’ll be doing probably very soon.
I’ll see you the next one in the meanwhile if you have any questions, queries, any doubts. Put them down in the comment section. Thank you. Take care. Bye bye!
PostDoc In USA – Fellowship, Visa, Expenses, Scope – All Your Questions Answered
