TRIUMPH Post-Doctoral Fellowship

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Academic Level:
Postdoc & Early Career

Description:
The CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center is a three-year post-doctoral research program providing unique training in clinical and translational cancer research through didactic coursework, clinical rotations, and a unique, multi-disciplinary mentoring team. We are currently accepting applications from talented, productive, and well-trained PhDs for inclusion in our program. Early-career postdocs and recent Ph.D. or MD/PhD graduates are especially encouraged to apply now! Graduate students within one year of their expected defense date are welcomed to apply. Program start dates are customizable and flexible to best work with your timeline. Our fellows are fully funded with benefits and a salary commensurate with NIH stipend guidelines.

Eligibility requirements:

Early Stage Post-Doctoral Fellows: 1.Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. from a top graduate program (U.S. or abroad) in any of the life or natural sciences within the last three years.

2.Dedication to pursue translational cancer research.

3.Junior post-doctoral fellows (less than one and a half years of experience) and graduate students within one year of their anticipated defense date are encouraged to apply.

4.Publications in top tier journals (must have at least one accepted or published first or co-first author paper in a journal with an impact factor >8 at the time of application).

5.United States citizenship or permanent residency is not required. All foreign fellows must have an active visa for the duration of the fellowship.

Established Post-Doctoral Fellows:

1.Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. from a top graduate program (U.S. or abroad) in any of the life or natural sciences.

2.Dedication to purdue translational cancer research.

3.Must have no more than 3 years of post-doctoral experience by the time one starts our program if accepted.

4.Has two or more first or co-first author papers in journals with an impact factor of >8. At least one publication should stem from previous post-doctoral work.

5.United States citizenship or permanent residency is not required. All foreign fellows must have an active visa for the duration of the fellowship.

Deadlines: Dec 31, 2021 (cycle 4, 2021); March 31, 2022; June 30, 2022; and September 30,2022.

Applications, inquiries, and questions are welcomed - please submit them to Dr. Kara Lewis at keleonard@mdanderson.org.


Application Deadline: 6/30/2023

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