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In article <4jf83a$phv@nyx10.cs.du.edu>, anon1167@nyx10.cs.du.edu (M) wrote:

> I am on my second postdoc and want to escape into the real world, but 
> there is one small problem.  In order to get this position, I had to sign 
> a "repayment agreement".  This must be something new, because I did not 
> have to sign one at my first post-doc.  Basically, it states for each 
> month I work as a postdoc, up to one year, I incur a liability to repay 
> the money should I decide to leave the field and work in something other 
> than medical or health related teaching or research.  For each month 
> after one year, the liability is removed, until at 2 years, there is no 
> repayment liability.  If I were to leave now, after 7 months, I would 
> have to repay 7/12 of what I been paid so far, or about $15,000.

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   This sounds like an NIH training grant or NRSA agreement, presumably
the former, as you would have needed to apply for the NRSA on your own.
You might find out from the people at your institution the name of the
program officer that administers this grant. He or she might be able to
elaborate a little more on what types of positions would constitute
payback. I believe many biomed industry jobs qualify as payback. 

   No offense, but how quickly do you think that you will find a job? Do
you have something lined up, or are you just thinking about leaving? It is
not unusual for a job search to take quite a while.....

   Good luck,

      Pam Norton

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Pamela A. Norton, Ph.D.          Assistant Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA 19107           p_norton@lac.jci.tju.edu