POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM
Postdoctoral studies enable researchers to transition successfully into careers as independent scientists. It is a time to broaden ones skills and experience, and especially to develop a signature research program with which to establish a personal scientific identity and new research laboratory. Postdocs at the Department of Embryology join a long tradition of outstanding individuals who have gone on to highly successful careers. Several factors are likely to explain the exceptional record of Carnegie-trained researchers. Above all, the Carnegie style is ideally suited to stimulate creative ventures that open up the new opportunities needed for a successful postdoc. Moreover, postdocs at Carnegie operate within a training environment that maximizes the acquisition of the skills and knowledge that will be useful in their future endeavors. The department as a whole maintains a broad scientific base in the biological sciences through numerous departmental seminars, symposia, journal clubs, and progress reports that maximize scientific exchanges and interactions. There is a strong emphasis on enhancing the ability of postdocs to effectively present their research in both written and oral form. Finally, with its location in the thriving Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, and on the Johns Hopkins University campus, the department is well-positioned for diverse scientific interactions and collaborations.
Applying for postdoctoral positions in the Department
For information on applying for a postdoctoral position in the Department of Embryology, please go to http://www.carnegieimpact.org/.
The Carnegie Collaborative Fellowship
The Carnegie Collaborative Fellowship program aims to identify, on a yearly basis, one or two exceptionally creative graduate students who are capable of thinking outside the mainstream and to tailor a postdoctoral experience that will allow them to pursue a research program that exceeds the boundaries of any single laboratory. For example, a fellow might initiate research on a process in the mouse or zebrafish and also address key aspects in a model invertebrate. Fellows will work on their project as simultaneous group members of two Carnegie faculty who combined can provide supporting expertise. Our Department already shares space, equipment and research supplies, and has a strong tradition of faculty collaboration. Moreover, for over 30 years we have nurtured independent, interactive young scientists through our Staff Associate program. Consequently, the Collaborative Fellowship provides an intermediate path between a traditional postdoctoral experience and complete independence, but one that will seamlessly fit into the scientific life of the department.
Applicants for the Carnegie Collaborative Fellowship should submit their CV, list of publications, names of three references and a short description of their research interests that specifies two Carnegie laboratories suitable for such undertaking to carnegiecollaborative@ciwemb.edu. The period of the fellowship is four years, and stipend levels will be competitive with other private fellowships. All finalists will be interviewed.
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