The Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre (PFDC) is a team of professionals providing dedicated support to research staff at Imperial College London. Since 2009, we have been enabling postdocs and fellows to take a proactive approach to develop their skills, fulfil their potential, and explore career prospects.

We are committed to creating a positive research culture and advocate for sector-leading support and professional development for all our researchers.

Following our ambition to equip and empower all researchers at Imperial to succeed in their chosen careers, the College became a signatory of the new Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (pdf) in March 2020. This fulfils the requirement for Imperial to comply with UK based funder obligations under the new UKRI People and Culture strategy, the European Charter & Code for Researchers, and the European Code of Conduct for Recruitment.

Our vision is to inspire and empower research staff to achieve their career ambitions and goals wherever these lie, including the academic, policy, advisory, industry, and regulatory sectors.