Schedule
Jan. 15, 2025—
ASPIRE Up: Negotiation
Jan. 1, 2025—Thursday January 9, 2025 10:00am-11:30am Light Hall 208 with Ashley Brady, PhD, Assistant Dean of Biomedical Career Engagement and Strategic Partnerships As a graduate student or postdoc you are by definition in a training role and thus will be moving into a position within the near future. When you finally get that first job offer,...
2025 ASPIRE Annual Career Symposium: “A Kaleidoscope of Biomedical Science Careers”
Dec. 13, 2024—Join us in-person explore the many paths a biomedical science PhD can take! A Kaleidoscope of Biomedical Science Careers Friday, May 30, 2025 Student Life Center Registration is now open!Please complete the registration survey ASAP! Once you’ve submitted the survey, we’ll contact you in early May to make your huddle selections. It’s important to register...
Professional Development through Leadership Alliance
Dec. 6, 2024—The Leadership Alliance Graduate Student Virtual Professional Development Bootcamp: January 8-10, 2025 Come hone your professional skills with The Leadership Alliance! This three-day virtual professional development bootcamp will provide you with the opportunity to develop skills that will lead you to success in graduate school and beyond. Interactive workshop sessions will be led by expert...
Biogen Worldwide Medical Ph.D. Fellowship
Dec. 6, 2024—Biogen’s two-year Ph.D. fellowship in Worldwide Medical (WWM) provides recent doctoral graduates a hands-on opportunity to learn the ins and outs of medical affairs and the pharmaceutical industry within the walls of a cutting-edge biotech company. The fellowship serves as an accelerated and practical introduction to a career in medical affairs. During the first year,...
The Knight Science Journalism Program apps open for 2025-2026 Cycle
Dec. 4, 2024—KSJ Opens Application Cycle for 2025-26 FellowshipsThe Knight Science Journalism Program opens applications for two of its fellowship programs. Every year, the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT offers fellowships to science journalists from around the globe, giving them an opportunity to learn at some of the top research universities in the world and explore...
Recruitment Summit for Postdoctoral Scholars in Cell Biology and Genomics
Dec. 4, 2024—Late-stage graduate students and junior postdoctoral fellows are invited to attend the 2025 Recruitment Summit for CHOP/Penn Postdoctoral Scholars in Cell Biology and Genomics. Meet expert faculty who are recruiting postdocs to work in cutting-edge research labs at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). To qualify for this event,...
Resources available at the VU English Language Center
Dec. 3, 2024—The Vanderbilt English Language Center (ELC) supports the internationalization of the university and the School of Medicine Basic Sciences through academic support programming for international students, faculty, and postdocs. Our approach is to teach how language is contextualized within a given context. We find that our international community members with even the most advanced language...
Internship Opportunity: Project Management with EverGlade
Dec. 3, 2024—Project Management Internship EverGlade is seeking two (2) interns for the summer of 2024. Interns will be assigned to a role in either pre-award focused project management (government proposals and pre-award strategy) OR post-award focused project management (project management for clients that are under a contract with the US Government). Responsibilities and Duties: General...
Job Opportunity: Biopharma Analyst, Editorial group, BioCentury
Dec. 3, 2024—BioCentury, a global business intelligence company serving the biopharmaceutical industry and investors, is seeking a Biopharma Analyst to create written content analyzing trends, breakthroughs, challenges and opportunities related to innovation in drug development and the forces shaping the industry KEY JOB OBJECTIVE The analyst will work within the Editorial group to create value-add intelligence on...
2025 Virtual Career Expo
Dec. 3, 2024—As a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, you’re invited to attend the Virtual Career Expo (VCE). This free virtual job fair brings together employers from the fields of STEM, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences seeking advanced degree talent (Masters, PhDs, Postdocs and Alumni). Event Details Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Time: 11am-3pm...
ASPIRE Internship: Medical and Scientific Relations (remote), Alzheimer’s Association
Nov. 21, 2024— ASPIRE Internship Opportunity Medical and Scientific Relations (remote) Alzheimer’s Association 225 North Michigan Avenue Floor 17 Chicago, IL 60601 December 2024- February 2025 The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia– by accelerating global...
PhD Career Stories: Government Research with Efrain Garcia, PhD
Nov. 20, 2024—PhD Career Stories: Government Research with Efrain Garcia, PhD Thursday, December 5 10:00am Register for the Zoom link here! Dr. Efrain Garcia, PhD, is a Health Scientist/Project Officer at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). His duties include overseeing and managing various multi-million...
Research Operations, Management, and Strategy Fellowship – University of Michigan Medical School
Nov. 20, 2024— The University of Michigan Medical School is recruiting for the 2025 Research Operations, Management & Strategy (ROMS) Fellowship. This fellowship is a two-year, paid, full-time position at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, MI. The program combines department rotations, hands-on learning experiences, and project work with administrative leaders to introduce PhD-trained fellows...
Apply to the 2025 – 2026 White House Fellows Application
Nov. 20, 2024—2025-2026 White House Fellows Application The Fellowship is extremely competitive; a well-prepared application and carefully selected references are key components to a successful application. Developing a clear, comprehensive, and competitive application is estimated to take at least 25 hours, so we encourage you to start this process as soon as possible. We suggest you complete...
AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship
Nov. 20, 2024—AAAS works every day to increase public understanding of science and technology and to enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public. As one of AAAS’ immersive fellowships, the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship aims to strengthen the community of scientists who are well-versed in communicating complex ideas to a general audience and to...
The Chateaubriand Fellowship is now accepting applications!
Nov. 20, 2024—The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. It supports outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who wish to conduct research in France for a period ranging from 4 to 9 months. Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, through a collaborative process involving expert evaluators in...
Rita Allen Foundation LOI process now open
Nov. 20, 2024—Applications for the 2025 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain are open through December 11, 2024. Since 2009, the Rita Allen Foundation has provided a special award for early-career leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic pain. The Foundation has awarded annually...
Nature Masterclasses, now available to trainees
Nov. 14, 2024—Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center provides paid access to the Nature Masterclasses on- demand training courses for all Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty, staff and trainees. Nature Masterclasses provide professional development training for researchers via bite-sized, on-demand courses. Your access is tied to your institutional email domain: vumc.org or vanderbilt.edu. For easy, step-by-step instructions...
Apps Open: Short Course in Transferable Skills Training
Nov. 14, 2024— Announcing the application cycle for the Short Course in Transferable Skills Training (SHIFT) Program now open. This program is available to PhD students in biomedical research programs across the US, with all costs covered by an NIGMS R25 grant. The application deadline is January 31st, 2025. https://redcap.link/e9phsard Who is the...