Can I work during my American Postdoctoral Research fellowship year?

American Postdoctoral Research Fellows are expected to devote full-time effort to their postdoctoral research. While part-time employment, either within or outside their academic institutions, is permitted, it must not interfere with steady progress toward completing the research. 

Fellows may engage in full-time employment during the summer months, if it does not hinder their postdoctoral research work. Any full-time roles must end or be reduced to part-time by September 1 of the fellowship year to ensure compliance with the fellowship’s full-time commitment to postdoctoral research work.