U.S.-India Ph.D./Postdoc fellowships in intracellular pathogens  

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The SBRI-India Global Infectious Diseases Training Program invites applications from promising Indian Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists for advanced training in Malaria, Leishmaniasis, Tuberculosis, and other intracellular pathogens.

The Program invites applications from promising Indian Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists for advanced training.  Fellowships for postdoctoral scientists will be funded for two years to train on collaborative projects at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) or the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and at a laboratory at the University of Washington (UW) or Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI) in Seattle, WA, USA.  Up to one year of these fellowships will be spent in a laboratory in Seattle. 

Additional fellowships are available for one year for students in Ph.D. degree programs at JNU or ICGEB to work on projects at JNU or ICGEB.  As part of this, students will also have the opportunity to spend up to 6 months of the one year fellowship in one of the Seattle laboratories.  In order to be eligible for the program students should have completed their coursework and 2 years of their program at JNU or ICGEB. You may still be completing coursework during the application process provided it is complete by the time you enter the program.   

Applicants will be assessed on the basis of academic record, letters of recommendation, a statement of career goals related to global infectious disease, and a brief statement of research interests.  In addition, for postdoctoral scientists the publication record will be considered.

Be sure to gather all of the required information before you begin the online submission process. You will not be able to save an incomplete application to complete at a later time. Your entries will only be saved once the application is completed and you click the “Submit Application” button. 

A complete application will include the following items which will be uploaded to the online application system in .pdf format. 

• A Curriculum Vitae
• A statement of research interests not to exceed 500 words.
• A statement of professional goals related to global infectious diseases not to exceed 200 words.
• Email contact information for 2 referees. Graduate students should request one of these letters from their current mentor discussing what they have accomplished in their current lab placement. Postdoctoral scientists should request one letter from their Ph.D. advisor. In addition, for postdoctoral scientists the publication record will be considered.

Accepted trainees should be able to take up their position within 1 year of the application closing date.

Click here to apply. 

Applications are due by April 30, 2008

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This program is supported by the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and is directed by Drs. Kenneth Stuart and Marilyn Parsons of SBRI, and Rentala Madhubala of JNU.