Postdoctoral Training at NHLBI
Research Training
Research Training in the NHLBI intramural program is designed
to prepare recent Ph.D. or M.D. graduates for permanent careers
in Academics, Government or Industry. There are over 60 different
investigators at NHLBI, doing research that spans the entire spectrum
from basic biochemistry and molecular, cellular, developmental and structural biology, to translational,
to purely clinical aspects of research. Areas of study
include immunology, neuroscience, virology, and biological imaging.
Research training is offered
in all labs and branches of the Division of Intramural Research,
and is also available in the NHLBI state-of-the-art core facilities
devoted to proteomics, light microscopy, flow cytometry, bioinformatics and transgenic
animal production and characterization. Clinical research training
is available in the Cardiology Branch, Hematology Branch,and the
Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch
and the Cardiothoracic
Surgery Program. A complete list of the branches
and laboratories within DIR is available at
http://dir.nhlbi.nih.gov/.
A list of individual investigators with links to their recent
publications is available at http://dir.nhlbi.nih.gov/oe/investigators.asp.
The DIR also supports state-of-the-art core facilities which
are available to NHLBI fellows at no cost. These facilities
include microscopy, both light and electron, genomics, proteomics,
and animal surgery and imaging. More information on the cores
is available on the Cores page.
You can apply directly in response to a particular opening on
the web page at
http://www.nih.training.gov or you can register your interest
in a future postdoctoral fellowship at NHLBI by filling out
a simple form and attaching your curriculum vita at
http://apps.nhlbi.nih.gov/OED.
In addition, you may write to any NHLBI investigator directly expressing
your interest in a position at NHLBI.
Senior fellows can apply for NIH grants that enable them to stay
at NIH for an addition two years and then have 3 years of NIH
funding when they move on into an academic or institutional
environment. U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents can apply for the
NHLBI K22 grant, while all fellows with less than five years of
postdoctoral experience can apply for
NIH Transition to Independence (K99/R00) grants. Foreign
post-doctoral fellows from underdeveloped countries can apply for a
Global Research Initiative Program for New Foreign Investigators
(GRIP) grant from NIH. This grant gives them three years of NIH
funding to take back to an institution in their home country.
Fellows must have secured a faculty position in their home country
before applying for a GRIP grant. In addition, NHLBI fellows can
apply for a
Scientific Development Grant from the American Heart Association
which works similarly to the K22 and K99 grants. NHLBI fellows have
been very competitive for these grants as shown on the
Success Stories
page.
Last modified: March 27, 2008
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