BGS Career Development

Making It Count!

Announcements

New NIA Pre-doctoral Funding Mechanism for 3rd and 4th Year Students

by

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has recently announced a new initiative to support transition of outstanding graduate students, from a wide range of research areas, into aging-related postdoctoral research.

Below are some highlights of the Transition to Aging Research Award for Postdoctoral Students (F99/K00) program: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-20-009.html

  • Predoctoral students at their 3rd and 4th year of PhD, regardless of their research focus, are eligible to apply.
  • Visa holders with proper institutional support letter are also eligible to apply for this opportunity; refer to the ‘eligibility’ section of the announcements for more details.
  • The program has two phases: Dissertation (F99, up to 2 years) and aging-related postdoctoral (K00, up to 4 years) phases.  

Application Due Date: October 22, 2019, by 5:00 PM

If you are interested to know more about this FOA or have any specific question, please contact Shahrooz Vahedi, Ph.D., Health Science Administrator (Training Officer) by email or by phone at 301-496-9322.

Postdoc Preview – UM Med School Postdoc Recruitment event

by

Home

The University of Michigan Medical School will host its next postdoctoral recruitment event,  Postdoc Preview, October 10-11, 2019. 

Postdoc Preview introduces upper-level graduate students in the biomedical sciences to the excellent research and training opportunities at the University of Michigan. During a fully-funded visit, recruits interview with two or more prospective mentors, learn about NIH-funded training programs, and network with current postdocs (tentative schedule here). Applicants are selected from a national pool of highly qualified individuals who expect to complete their thesis research over the course of the next year and be U.S. citizens or permanent residents or be currently enrolled in a U.S. graduate institution. The UMMS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs sponsors and manages the logistics of their visit.

Applications for the event can be found at https://postdocpreview.smapply.io/.

Deadline: August 5, 2019.
Please contact postdocoffice@med.umich.edu with questions.

2019 Chemistry-Biology Interface Summer Retreat

by

The Fellows of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant will host the 2019 Chemistry-Biology Interface Summer Retreat on Friday, July 26th, at the University of the Sciences.  The symposium will take place from 9:30am – 5:15pm, and will include breakfast, lunch, and a reception during the afternoon poster session. They are currently accepting abstract submissions for short (20 min) oral presentations as well as poster presentations from graduate students and postdocs. Talks and posters may cover any topic within Chemistry and Biology.

The keynote speakers this year are Martin Wuhr from Princeton, Daniel Hebert from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Ralph Kleiner from Princeton.

Please register using the following link: https://forms.gle/f6atE2q3ncyP2PsKA

You can visit the CBI website (https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbit32/) for information on past symposia.

Please also mark your calendars for the CBI Fall Symposium, scheduled for Friday November 15th, 2019.

Outreach Event: PGWISE + Refugee Health Partners Summer Science Carnival

by

For the past four years, PGWISE and Refugee Health Partners (Jefferson) have partnered to put on a day of science fun for 150 kids in the Migrant Worker Education Program. This program serves to supplement and enhance education of migrant worker and refugee children in the South Philadelphia community. Join PGWISE to take them through a day of slime, balloon cars, and more!

WHEN: Thursday, July 18th, 9 am – 3 pm
WHERE: Taggart Elementary School, 4th and Porter in South Philly

SIGN UP HERE! 
If you have any questions or concerns, please email Kelsey at kkaeding@pennmedicine.upenn.edu and Megan at meganfr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

EE Just: Janssen Company Recruitment Visit

by

Join E.E. Just for a Q&A session, to learn more about the Janssen Post-Doctoral Program. The session will feature Jennifer F. Nemeth, Ph.D., SCPM and Brenda Salantes, Ph.D. (Janssen Post-Doc and UPenn CAMB alum). Lunch from Real Food Eatery will be served!

July 1, 2019, 12-1 PM
Smilow Center for Translational Research, Room 11-145
RSVP: https://forms.gle/9XfdZLfDq7KKnHDA7

OSU Postdoc Recruiting Event

by

Opportunity for senior graduate students or recent postdocs –
OSU Postdoc Recruiting Event:

Applications are now being accepted for the Ohio State University 2019 Fall Postdoctoral Recruitment Event, being held October 23-25, 2019. This event will provide an excellent opportunity for outstanding postdocs and PhD students from leading graduate programs to meet research faculty, interview for open postdoctoral positions and discover the exciting and innovative research taking place at The Ohio State University and the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH). Selected candidates will visit the Ohio State campus, network with current OSU and NCH postdocs, present their research, interview with prospective mentors, and learn more about postdoctoral opportunities at Ohio State. Full funding will be provided for travel expenses and candidates may be considered for a variety of opportunities, including fellowships, training grants, and other internal training programs.

Application for this event is open until September 9th and is available to postdocs or senior graduate students who have completed or expect to complete their PhD between December 2018 and May 2020. Any candidates in the US (visa status does not matter) can apply and we are especially interested in reviewing applications from US Citizens and permanent residents who are training grant-eligible and/or who come from underrepresented backgrounds including African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, or persons with a disability.

More information can be found on the web page or the application can be accessed directly through the link below.
http://go.osu.edu/postdocrecruit
http://go.osu.edu/pdre_application

The event flyer can be found here: http://go.osu.edu/pdre_eventflyer.

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Jeffrey.Mason@osumc.edu or call (614-685-9140).