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Business Development course through Nucleate
Sep. 26, 2025—Nucleate, in partnership with Genentech , is bringing back one of our most in-demand programs: BD101. This free, virtual course is designed for graduate-level trainees (PhD, MBA, JD) who want to understand what a career in business development (BD) looks like. Each year the course fills quickly, reflecting the high demand for structured, insider exposure to life...
Takeda Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Sep. 26, 2025—Through a collaborative partnership between Takeda and Northeastern University, we are pleased to offer post-doctoral fellowship opportunities for PharmD and PhD graduates. The majority of a fellow’s time will be spent at Takeda’s Cambridge, MA campus. The fellows will be employees of Northeastern University in Boston, Ma. Fellows will learn the role of Global Medical...
Changes to USAJobs website coming this Saturday
Sep. 26, 2025—Effective this Saturday, September 27, federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length so the USAJobs system will not allow applicants to have resumes that exceed two pages. This includes resumes that are uploaded directly by applicants AND resumes that applicants created using the USAJobs resume builder. If you currently have...
Career Opportunities in Denmark
Sep. 26, 2025—October 8 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Attend this online information session to explore research and industry career opportunities in Neuroscience, Biosolutions (Biotech), Power-to-X (Green Energy) and most recently Quantum (thanks to a project expansion by the Novo Nordisk Foundation) in Denmark. Join Science Hub Denmark for this event with Cornell University’s Office of Career and Professional Development. Hear from the Head...
Fellowship Grant Application NIH workshop
Sep. 26, 2025—The University of Pittsburgh is proud to host a virtual session in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the topic of Fellowship grant applications. This event is open to trainees nationwide, will be held on Sept. 29th from 3-5pm, and will feature NIH presenters sharing insider guidance to help them: ✅ Identify the...
Job Posting: Postdoc, Human Intracranial Neurophysiology, VUMC, Nashville, TN
Sep. 26, 2025—The Bick Neurophysiology laboratory in the Department of Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University Medical center seeks applicants for a postdoctoral research position. The lab’s research program focuses on understanding the neural signaling behavioral and cognitive processes, with a long term goal of developing novel neuromodulation applications and approaches. We utilize intracranial recording and stimulation and neuro...
BRET Failure Talk: alumma Molly Seale, PhD
Sep. 17, 2025—Molly Seale earned her PhD in Cell and Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt studying cell adhesion proteins. With over 20 years in Medical and Scientific Affairs, she excels at engaging clinicians, leading teams, launching new therapeutic products, and driving successful clinical trials. In this candid talk, Molly will share the untold story behind her career in...
The Open Notebook Early-Career Fellowship Program
Sep. 17, 2025—The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. During the course of this fellowship, fellows work with a mentor to plan, report, and write articles for publication at The Open Notebook and become part of the TON editorial team. This one-year program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to...
Postdoc Buddy Program
Sep. 17, 2025—The VPA is looking for current Vanderbilt Postdocs to serve as mentors for our Postdoc Buddy Program! The goal of this program is to match new, incoming postdocs with current Vandy postdocs based on multiple factors that the buddies deem beneficial for a match, helping to build a supportive and welcoming community. As a current postdoc, your insights about Nashville and Vanderbilt will serve as a...
STPF Application Is Now Open
Sep. 6, 2025—The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) application officially opens September 1 for the 2026–27 fellowship year. This cycle, in addition to placements in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, we are introducing new opportunities for scientists to make an impact in policy: Pathways to Policy Fellowship (PPF): The new Pathways to...
2025 Healthcare AI Sessions
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2026 St. Baldrick’s Foundation Grants
Sep. 5, 2025—2026 St. Baldrick’s Foundation Grants The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a nonprofit organization raising funds for childhood cancer research with two grant types. The Scholar (Career Development) Award is meant to help develop the independent research of highly qualified individuals still early in their careers. The Research Grants are for specific two-year research projects which...
St. Jude’s Virtual Research Career, Education, and Training Fair
Sep. 5, 2025—St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is excited to host the third annual Virtual Research Career, Education, and Training Fair on Thursday, September 25, from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM CDT. This free, online event is open to students, trainees, and professionals in biomedical research and research information technology who are interested in learning more about...
Jill Hruby Fellowship 2026
Sep. 5, 2025—Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide Extraordinary co-workers...
2025 Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR)
Sep. 5, 2025—Course Information Registration The Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR) course trains participants on how to effectively and safely conduct clinical research. The course focuses on the spectrum of clinical research and the research process by highlighting biostatistical and epidemiologic methods, study design, protocol preparation, patient monitoring, quality assurance, ethical and...
Pfizer R&D Rotational Program
Aug. 29, 2025—At Pfizer, we are changing lives by discovering, developing, and delivering breakthrough medicines and vaccines to the world. Our scientists, clinicians, and R&D professionals are among the best in the industry, with the resources and scale to solve some of the world’s most complex health challenges. So, it’s no wonder that they choose to pursue...
PhD Career Stories: Project Management
Aug. 21, 2025—Join us for our 2025-2026 PhD Career Stories seminar series kickoff on Friday, September 12, at 10:00am, Light Hall 214. Ashley A. Able, PhD Scientific Project Manager, Natera Lakshmi Sundararajan, PhD Senior Project Manager, Research and Technical Operations, Astellas Gene Therapies SIGN-UP HERE! BIOS Dr. Lakshmi Sundararajan earned her Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental...
2025 NIH Loan Repayment Programs
Aug. 21, 2025—The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs established by Congress designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The NIH LRPs pay up to $50,000 annually of qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. This year, the FY...
SAVE THE DATE! VPA 2025 Symposium
Aug. 21, 2025—SAVE THE DATE! VPA 2025 Symposium Mark it in your calendars! This year, the Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association’s Symposium will be held in the Student Life Center on Tuesday, October 14. The VPA is excited to announce that Dr. Matthew Johnson-Roberson, inaugural dean for the new College of Connected Computing, will be the 2025 Keynote Speaker. Register...
ORISE Symposium: STEM Storytelling
Aug. 21, 2025—The upcoming ORISE Symposium, hosting by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. This inaugural event will take place virtually from August 26-28 and is geared toward current and former ORISE participants and other members of the STEM research community. There will be exciting opportunities to learn about the research activities of ORISE participants...