AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Fellowship in Early Oncology Clinical Development for PharmD and PhD Graduates
Dec. 4, 2025—The AstraZeneca-University of Maryland Clinical Development Fellowship is an exclusive 2-year program geared toward PharmD and PhD graduates with a penchant for clinical research in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Established in 2009, the fellowship has paved the career path for numerous to enter clinical development. Two fellowship position will be recruited for in the...
ASPIRE’s Curated Career Resources: Science Policy Resources
Dec. 4, 2025—ASPIRE Resources: Beyond the Lab podcast series: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/career-development/beyond-the-lab-see-listen/ This podcast series has several informational interviews from Vanderbilt alumni who have careers in Science Policy. ASPIRE Internships: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/career-development/aspire-internships/ Check out the ASPIRE internships page to see if there are any active policy-related internships. Federal STEM Policy & Advocacy ASPIRE on the Road trip: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/career-development/aspire-on-the-road/ Every other...
ASPIRE UP: Delivering an Impactful Biopharma Industry Job Talk
Dec. 4, 2025—Join Us for an ASPIRE Up Workshop!Delivering an Impactful Biopharma Industry Job TalkFriday, January 16 • 10:00 AM • LH 202 In today’s competitive R&D job market, a strong job talk goes beyond presenting excellent science. It’s also an opportunity to show that you understand the broader context in which industry teams operate. This session...
Postdoctoral Opportunity for Spatial Biology
Dec. 2, 2025—The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Schools of Medicine and Engineering are recruiting postdoctoral fellows for a unique training program in Spatial Biology.
ASPIRE Internship: Science Communication Internship, VI4, PMI, VUMC, Spring
Nov. 19, 2025—Science Communication Internship, VI4, PMI, VUMC VI4 and PMI at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are looking for Science Communication Interns. This position provides an opportunity to contribute to VI4’s mission of training the next generation of scientists and physicians and making fundamental discoveries in the areas of infection biology, immunology, and inflammation with the...
ASPIRE Mock Interview Week 2026
Nov. 18, 2025—Application deadline: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at noon Back again for its 4th year, this event will provide biomedical PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to practice their interview skills with employers and alumni, (including faculty, if appropriate), and receive valuable feedback. Each participant will have up to 4 mock interviews, each lasting about 45...
Cold Spring Harbor Fellows Program
Nov. 17, 2025—Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is now welcoming applications for a full-time CSHL Fellow position in the field of NEUROSCIENCE (experimental and/or computational), and I’d like to ask for your help in identifying strong candidates. The CSHL Fellows Program fosters research independence for recent Ph.D. graduates. Early career scientists pursue high-risk/high-return research in biology. CSHL Fellows Program aims to...
ASPIRE Internship: Data Science Intern (Computational Biology/Data Science), Decode Health, remote
Nov. 14, 2025—ASPIRE Internship Decode Health Data Science Intern (Computational Biology/Data Science) Nashville, TN (remote) Reports to: Lukasz Wylezinski, PhD – Sr. Dir. Research & Data Analytics Decode Health Decode Health is an AI-driven healthcare analytics company with a proprietary platform that unifies real-world evidence, multiomic data, and deep scientific and clinical expertise to power...
AdvancED Teaching Statement Office Hours
Nov. 12, 2025—AdvancED is hosting two Teaching Statement Office Hours sessions. Anyone working on a teaching philosophy for job applications is welcome and encouraged to stop by! These sessions will begin with an optional 30-minute mini-workshop on teaching statement best practices; the rest of the time will be dedicated to collaborative working sessions and individual consultations with...
Explore MD Anderson Postdoc Recruitment Event
Nov. 12, 2025—Announcing a call for applications for Explore MD Anderson, a new, two-day, in-person recruitment event at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Explore MD Anderson Postdoctoral Recruitment Event February 26-27, 2026 | Houston, TX Explore MD Anderson introduces a small group of motivated prospective postdoctoral candidates to our institution. Participants will have opportunities to: Learn about MD Anderson’s...
Round-table Coffee Chat with Zaid Temrikar, PhD
Nov. 11, 2025—Coffee Chat with Zaid Temrikar, MS, PhDFriday, December 510:00AM–11:00AMLight Hall 415 Curious about careers in industry drug development? Join us for a casual, round-table coffee chat with: Zaid Temrikar, PhD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaidtemrikar/)Associate Director, Quantitative Clinical PharmacologyEMD Serono (Merck KGaA) Dr. Temrikar has built his career across several major biopharma companies, including Gilead, AstraZeneca, AbbVie, and Boehringer...
PhD Career Stories: Careers in Clinical Trials
Nov. 11, 2025—Careers in Clinical Trials Thursday, December 1110:00 AM (CT) | Virtual Event Curious about career opportunities in clinical trials, quality assurance, or regulatory compliance? Join us for a conversation with two Vanderbilt alumni who have built dynamic careers in clinical research. Featured Speakers: Barry Crawford, PhDSenior Director, Quality Assurance and ComplianceThermo Fisher Scientific Trenis Palmer,...
ASPIRE Up: Negotiating your Faculty Startup
Nov. 11, 2025—Negotiating Your Faculty Startup Thinking about applying for faculty positions? Already interviewing? One of the most critical—and often most intimidating—steps is negotiating your offer. Join Kathy Gould, PhD, Louise B. McGavock Chair, Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, for a practical and supportive workshop that breaks down the negotiation process for new faculty hires....
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Trauma Research – UTHealth Houston
Nov. 7, 2025—The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is now accepting applications for its prestigious T32 Trauma Research Fellowship, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). This two-year, full-time fellowship offers exceptional postdoctoral scholars the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge clinical and translational research in the following high-impact areas:...
ASPIRE Down the Road- Inotiv Site visit December 3, 2025, 11am-1pm, Nashville, TN
Nov. 6, 2025— ASPIRE on on the Road is keeping it local this December and heading down the road to visit Inotiv, located nearby on the edge of the Green Hills neighborhood on the David Lipscomb college campus! As a leading contract research organization (CRO), Inotiv supports discovery and nonclinical development through investigational new drug (IND) and beyond. By...
Richard M. Caprioli Award for Technology Education
Nov. 5, 2025—Richard Caprioli, Ph.D., Stanford Moore Chair in Biochemistry and Director Emeritus of the Mass Spectrometry Research Center, pioneered technological advances that enabled research in diverse fields. For more than 50 years, Dr. Caprioli mentored and trained the next generation of scientists to apply state-of-the-art methodologies and instrumentation to their research. To honor and continue this...
Flow Chart of NIH Fellowship Submission Process
Oct. 31, 2025—The flow chart below provides a high-level overview of the fellowship submission process for Vanderbilt and VUMC applications. You will need to work closely with your Grant Manager throughout this process. Click here to go back to the main Fellowship Project Management blog series.
Job Opportunity: Adjunct teaching, Biology Department, Belmont
Oct. 28, 2025—The Belmont Biology department is looking for an adjunct for the spring. If you are interested in teaching experience you can contact the chair, Dr. Chris Barton (chris.barton@belmont.edu). More about Belmont can be found here https://www.belmont.edu/about/ The classes looking to be filled are below (to help with knowing the teaching time commitments) Biological Science Lecture:...
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Law and Policy Research (2026)
Oct. 28, 2025—The Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics within the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Law and Policy Research About PORTAL Established in 2012, PORTAL is one of the nation’s largest non-industry-funded academic...
Conquer Your Fellowship: A Project Management Tool and Guide for Your NIH Fellowship
Oct. 24, 2025—Applying for an NIH fellowship can feel overwhelming, but the right guidance makes all the difference. This collection of resources walks you through every stage of the process – from identifying the right funding opportunity to preparing your application and understanding what happens after review. Whether you’re just getting started or refining a resubmission, these...