Announcements
Digital Lab Spring Events
Jan. 10, 2024—The Digital Lab is sponsoring a variety of events this spring around building digital skills. They include lesson series on Introduction to Python with an AI assistant, Introduction to Network Analysis, Introduction to Bibliometric Networks, and a number of individual sessions related to geospatial topics: ArcGis Pro, QGIS, PolicyMap, geocoding, spatial statistics, remote sensing, and...
Editorial positions with Journal of Life Sciences (JoLS)
Jan. 10, 2024—The Journal of Life Sciences (JoLS) is currently expanding and renewing its editorial board and is seeking qualified candidates (Early career PIs, Postdocs) to join its editorial team. Launched as Postdoc Journal (PDJ) in 2013, the journal evolved into JoLS in 2019 to direct its focus on publishing exclusively in the life sciences domain. Collectively,...
Office of Federal Relations Summer Internship, Washington DC
Jan. 9, 2024—The Office of Federal Relations invites students with ties to Vanderbilt University or Tennessee who are interested in higher education or science public policy issues to apply for our summer internship. The summer intern will support our office’s efforts to promote Vanderbilt University’s priorities, which include research policy and higher education policy. The ideal candidate would have...
The National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP) Fellowship, application open
Jan. 9, 2024—The National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP) Fellowship is based at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD The NBBTP is a partnership between the Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the NIH. This is a rare opportunity for individuals seeking...
Oliver Wyman’s Health and Life Sciences Virtual Info Session
Jan. 8, 2024—Oliver Wyman’s Health and Life Sciences practice will be hosting a virtual information session for advanced degree students on February 1st, 2024. The information session seeks to provide advanced degree students and postdocs with valuable insights into upcoming exciting opportunities within the Health and Life Sciences practice. This info session will offer the opportunity to hear...
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Successful Academic Careers in Stem Cell Biology (IRACDA at UCSC and CSUMB)
Jan. 1, 2024—This NIH-sponsored IRACDA program provides training in rigorous research that is guided by purposeful mentoring by UCSC research mentors and complemented by career skill development through workshops in grant writing, pedagogy, leadership, the responsible conduct of research, and job application training. Fellows also engage with mentors at our partner university, California State University at Monterey...
VU sponsoring graduate students to attend 2024 AAAS CASE workshop
Dec. 21, 2023—Vanderbilt University will be selecting and sponsoring up to four graduate students to attend the 2024 Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop in Washington, D.C., from April 14-17, 2024. Hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the CASE workshop is an opportunity for students in STEM and social science disciplines...
Partnership with Decode Health Expands Opportunities for Interns to Impact the Healthcare AI Industry
Dec. 19, 2023—This article was originally published in the 2021- 2022 Annual Report By Dora Obodo, Graduate Student Graduate school internships are a relatively new idea. However, the ASPIRE Program within Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s BRET Office of Career Development is leading the way in fostering these invaluable opportunities for its biomedical PhD graduate students and postdoctoral...
From anecdote to evidence: ASPIRE publishes collaborative study showing participation in career development activities does not impact time-to-degree or productivity in grad school
Dec. 19, 2023—This article was originally published in the 2021- 2022 Annual Report Written by Elizabeth Woods and edited by Kim Petrie, PhD The landscape of graduate education and postdoctoral training in the biomedical sciences has changed dramatically in the last decade as PhD programs have had to grapple with the demands of a diversifying economy. PhD scientists...
2022 ASPIRE Mock Interview Day
Dec. 18, 2023—This article was originally published in the 2021- 2022 Annual Report By Leah Mann, Graduate Student The BRET Office of Career Development’s ASPIRE Program hosted its second annual Mock Interview Day on March 28, 2022. Although this year’s platform looked different than that of the first Mock Interview Day held prior to the COVID-19 shutdown, the event...
Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Dec. 18, 2023—The Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program offers scientists and engineers from a wide variety of disciplines unique opportunities to conduct research in a wide range of topics relevant to the intelligence community. The research is conducted by the postdocs, while working in partnership with a research advisor and collaborating with an advisor from...
Apply for Genentech Summer 2024 Internships
Dec. 18, 2023—A Genentech internship is an amazing opportunity to learn, network, have fun, and work side-by-side with some of the most accomplished experts in the industry. Pursue groundbreaking scientific discoveries to change lives, and make a difference to our patients. Main Majors: Life Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, etc.), Computer Science, Bioinformatics and more. Check out the links...
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cell and Gene Therapy, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, Maryland.
Dec. 14, 2023—The successful candidate will perform laboratory research on projects related to cell and gene therapy. The candidate will use advanced manufacturing tools and strategies to gain a deeper understanding of challenges associated with immune cell-based immunotherapies such as CAR-T/NK cells and develop novel strategies to improve safety and efficacy of T cell therapies. Experience in immunology, molecular biology, or animal models is...
Merck Innovation Travel Grant 2024
Dec. 13, 2023—Trialect partners with many industries and institutions to provide grants and visiting fellowship opportunities. Merck has partnered with Trialect to disseminate the innovation regarding the Innovation Travel Grant 2024 (42 candidates will be selected). Event Details: Expenses: Merck covers all participants’ travel, accommodation, and food expenses. More Information Here Here’s why you should consider applying: Connect with top students globally...
Apply for the Young Scientists Summer Program
Dec. 12, 2023—The International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) offers an extraordinary opportunity for PhD candidates to spend a summer doing independent, mentored research in a beautiful setting outside Vienna, Austria in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). For U.S.-based students accepted to YSSP, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences provides funding for travel and living expenses for a limited number of fellowships Who should...
National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program Intramural Research Training Award (NBBTP/IRTA)
Dec. 8, 2023—The National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP)/Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Fellowship is a two-year program designed to train Fellows specifically to support high containment research environments by acquiring knowledge and skills necessary to meet the scientific, regulatory, biocontainment, biosafety, engineering, communications, management, and public relations challenges associated with the conduct of research in...
Compass Recruitment for the Spring 2024 Cohort
Dec. 8, 2023—This January, the Washington University School of Medicine will be hosting the fourth cohort of Compass – a new online training and mentoring program to develop leadership and management skills for early-career biomedical researchers. Compass is open to all biomedical junior faculty and late-stage postdocs at U.S. academic institutions who lead or plan to lead a lab...
ASPIRE Internship: Science Communication Internship, VI4, PMI, VUMC
Dec. 7, 2023—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...
Propel Postdoctoral Application open!
Dec. 6, 2023—Launched in 2021, the Stanford School of Medicine’s Propel Postdoctoral Scholars Program is a program for incoming and early postdoctoral scholars who come from backgrounds historically underrepresented in academia, and who have a strong desire to become faculty in the biological, biomedical, or population-based sciences. Propel postdoctoral scholars demonstrate previous research excellence, a commitment to...
Apply for the California Council on Science and Technology Fellows Program
Dec. 6, 2023—Every year, California decision makers must make critical decisions on a number of complex and dynamic issues facing our state, such as the state’s water supply, energy grid, and public health. To help address this, the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows program annually recruits and trains a cohort of fifteen PhD scientists and engineers...