The Family Friendly Working Group (familyfriendly@uaw4121.org) has established a reimbursement system for the Postdoc Caregiver Fund, with biannual distributions in May and November. In 2024, the total amount of the fund was $75,000. With this fund, we aim to distribute meaningful assistance to Postdocs with the most need. The enrollment questions will allow us to distribute these funds equitably.
Please start your enrollment by filling out the intake form. This will direct you to the enrollment form. This was designed to make sure that everybody has the opportunity to enroll. Incomplete submissions will be flagged and you’ll be contacted with reminders.
Eligibility and amounts given will be need-based according to the criteria below and determined after all responses are collected. You must have been a UW Postdoc during the enrollment period and have a current active UW appointment as of payment (11/25/23). Please email if you’re not sure about your eligibility status.
The deadline to submit responses is 5pm March 28th, 2025. You will hear back from the Family Friendly workgroup by April 1st, 2025. If you have any questions or want to join our working group, please email the Family Friendly workgroup.
2025 enrollment schedules:
First enrollment period:
- Enrollment closes: 3/28/25
- Expected UW payment: 5/25/25 paycheck
Second enrollment period:
- Enrollment closes: 9/29/25
- UW issues payment: 11/25/24 paycheck
Description of credit assignment (add all credits):
Each postdoc caregiver: 0.5 credits / month of employment during enrollment period
Single caregiver status: 0.5 credit
Additional credit per dependent:
- < 1 year- 1
- 1-3 years- 0.9
- 3-4 years- 0.73
- 5 years- 0.25
- 6+ years- no additional credits
Income: scale up to 1 based on all responses