SPOD and YOU

A guide to understanding the Student Postdoc Outreach and Development Committee

for SPOD Committee Members

Team Responsibilities

The Student/Postdoctoral Outreach and Development (formerly Education) Committee (SPOD) is dedicated to: • foster interaction among students from different

schools within a broad geographic area,• foster professional/scientific interactions

between students and academia/industry, and• increase student involvement in professional

and AAPS activities.

Role of the Representative• Member

– There is one committee member from each of the 9 sections, 2 members-at-large, and an EC liaison. These members along with the Chair, Chair Elect and Past Chair serve one year term in their role and represent and address issues related to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in pharmaceutical sciences / and related fields.

• Student– The role of the student member in SPOD is to represent the

graduate students and postdoctoral fellows within AAPS and shed light on issues and concerns for them.

Projects: Mentoring Program

The AAPS mentoring program is a voluntary partnership designed to provide the graduate student or postdoc mentee

with knowledge, encouragement, and guidance in order to achieve their professional goals. Each section takes responsibility

for setting up their mentoring program.

For more information please visit your student portion of your section webpage.

Projects: Student Initiated Programming (SIP)

SPOD awards of up to $65,000 per year, support large, multiple-day, multi-university student-initiated programming.

Application deadlines are January 15 and July 15 every year.

http://www.aaps.org/Sections_and_Groups/For_Students/Student/

Postdoctoral_Outreach___Development_Committee_(SPOD)/

Projects: Student Chapter of the Year Award (SCOTY)

• The AAPS Student Chapter of the Year awards recognize student chapters that have provided exceptional service and outreach to their members and the organization.

• All student chapter award recipients will receive an award certificate along with a stipend.

• Three awards given every year.

Projects: Webinars

The role of the webinar committee within SPOD is to produce timely educational webinars that benefit students / post doctoral fellows and their educational needs.

Past webinars: “From the Lab to Your Medicine Cabinet-A Pharmaceutical Drug’s Journey”

Future webinars: “Landing Your First Job in Industry”; “How to Balance Work and Life”;

Projects: Other

Projects within SPOD come up periodically based on interactions with other institutions and associations.

• US Science and Engineering Festival (USSEF)• AACP SIG• Curriculum Development• INTEL Science and Engineering Fair

FAQ

• AMPC– Annual Meeting Programming Committee

• NBCPC– National Biotechnology Conference Planning Committee

• Career Center

• Student Initiated Programming (SIP)– Submission dead line - July 15th & January 15th

• Student Chapter of the Year Award (SCOTY)– Submission dead line - June 15th

• AM & NBC Programming– Professional development, symposiums, sunrise

sessions, mentoring breakfast– Jamboree

• AM: July Annually• NBC: April Annually

SPOD Calendar