postdoc

post·doc  (pstdk) Informal

adj.

Postdoctoral.

n.

1. A postdoctoral program of study.

2. A grant or award funding postdoctoral study or research.

3. A postdoctoral scholar or researcher.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	postdoc - a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research post doc, postdoctoral grant-in-aid - a grant to a person or school for some educational project
	2.	postdoc - a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree post doc investigator, research worker, researcher - a scientist who devotes himself to doing research bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines