Undergraduate -- see Summer Research Institute

  Graduate
 

• The 4th Annual NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival, which will take place on November 12 and 13, 2009.
  • The National Graduate Student Research Festival provides an opportunity for advanced graduate students from across the United States to visit the NIH main campus. The goal of the festival is to recruit outstanding students to postdoctoral positions at the NIH. During the festival, participants will:
    1. discover the unique research approaches employed at NIH
    2. explore opportunities for postdoctoral training
    3. present their research to an audience of peers and NIH scientists
    4. meet NIH fellows and investigators, and
    5. tour NIH’s extensive research and clinical facilities.
  
   
  More information on the Festival can be found at http://www.training.nih.gov/postdoctoral/ngsrf/. Please note that festival participants are selected via a competitive application process. The application deadline for 2009 is July 1.

  PostDoctoral
 

• AACR Funding Opportunities for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Research
  • Application Deadline: August 10, 2009
  • Decision Date: September 14, 2009
  • Grant Term Begins: On or Around December 1, 2009
  • Application submission: Online via proposalCENTRAL
  The AACR-National Brain Tumor Society Fellowship, in memory of Bonnie Brooks, is open to Postdoctoral Fellows and Clinical Research Fellows at an academic facility, teaching hospital, or research institution. Applicants must hold the title of Postdoctoral Fellow or Clinical Research Fellow at an academic facility, teaching hospital, or research institution within the United States. This is a one-year fellowship of $40,000 to support the salary and benefits of Fellows. Inquiries may be directed to Hanna Hopfinger at grants@aacr.org.

  Career
 

• AACR Funding Opportunities for Anti-Angiogenesis Research
  • Application Deadline: August 10, 2009
  • Decision Date: September 14, 2009
  • Grant Term Begins: On or Around December 1, 2009
  • Application submission: Online via proposalCENTRAL
  
  The AACR Judah Folkman Career Development Award for Anti-Angiogenesis Research will be awarded to support research projects restricted to basic, clinical, translational or epidemiological projects that will substantially advance the field of anti-angiogenesis research in cancer. This award is open to junior faculty who completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships no more than three years prior to the start of the grant term; who are in their first full-time, faculty appointment and hold the title of Instructor, Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, or an equivalent full-time faculty appointment; and who are at an academic, medical, or research institution. These are two-year grants of up to $100,000. Up to one grant will be awarded. Inquiries may be directed to Elizabeth Martin at grants@aacr.org.
• Faculty Position – Assistant Professor
  University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • The interdepartmental Program in Genetics and Genomic Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is seeking candidates at the Assistant Professor rank whose background and experience will support appointment on the tenure track. Postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty transitioning to newly-independent faculty status will be considered. Qualified candidates should have attained the degree of M.D., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., PharmD or equivalent degree and interdisciplinary research expertise in human genetics/genomics, pharmacogenomics, genetic epidemiology, or statistical genetics.
     
    This position offers outstanding opportunities for independent and collaborative research in a highly interactive, multidisciplinary environment at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Please send C.V. and names of four references to Alan R. Shuldiner, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine and Program Director, Genetics and Genomic Medicine, c/o JoAnn Gibbs, Department of Medicine, Room N3E10, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 S. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201. The UM,B is an AA/EEO/ADA Employer and encourages applicants from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to apply. Please cite Position 03-309-517.