The SNPA was founded in 2018 as a non-profit, postdoctoral member-driven organization with overarching goals to improve the quality of the working and living environments for the postdoctoral community in Sweden. This is done primarily through networking activities between universities and högskolor (colleges) to enhance the flow of information and knowledge concerning career development and advocative projects. Today, SNPA comprises Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).