postdoc

English Thesaurus

1. a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree (noun.person)

hypernym	:	investigator, research worker, researcher,
definition	:	a scientist who devotes himself to doing research (noun.person)

hypernym	:	bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student,
definition	:	a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines (noun.person)

2. a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	grant-in-aid,
definition	:	a grant to a person or school for some educational project (noun.possession)