US-India PhD/Postdoc fellowships for Indians in intracellular pathogens | SBRI-India Global Infectious Diseases Training Program

SBRI-India Global Infectious Diseases Training Program

Applications are now being accepted! 

The SBRI-India Global Infectious Diseases Training Program invites applications from promising Indian Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists for advanced training in Malaria, Leishmaniasis, Tuberculosis, and other intracellular pathogens.

Postdoctoral fellowships
Fellowships for postdoctoral scientists will be funded for two years to train on collaborative projects at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) or the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and at a laboratory at the University of Washington (UW) or Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI) in Seattle, WA, USA.  Up to one year of these fellowships will be spent in a laboratory in Seattle. 

Graduate Student fellowships
Additional fellowships are available for one year for students in Ph.D. degree programs at JNU or ICGEB to spend up to six months in one of the Seattle laboratories on a collaborative project.  In order to be eligible for the program students should have completed their coursework and 2 years of their program at JNU or ICGEB. You may still be completing coursework during the application process provided it is complete by the time you enter the program. 

Evaluation Criteria and Application Instructions
Applicants will be assessed on the basis of academic record, letters of recommendation, a statement of career goals related to global infectious disease, and a brief statement of research interests.  In addition, for postdoctoral scientists the publication record will be considered.

Be sure to gather all of the required information before you begin the online submission process. You will not be able to save an incomplete application to complete at a later time. Your entries will only be saved once the application is completed and you click the "Submit Application" button. 

A complete application will include the following items which will be uploaded to the online application system in .pdf format. 

• A Curriculum Vitae
• A statement of research interests not to exceed 500 words.
• A statement of professional goals related to global infectious diseases not to exceed 200 words.
• Email contact information for 2 referees. Graduate students should request one of these letters from their current mentor discussing what they have accomplished in their current lab placement. Postdoctoral scientists should request one letter from their Ph.D. advisor. In addition, for postdoctoral scientists the publication record will be considered.

In your statement of research interests you may indicate whether any current collaborative projects are of particular interest to you.  For a list of these projects, click here.  You may also suggest a project that would involve a collaboration between a Seattle-based investigator and a New Delhi-based investigator.  Please see the Research Interests and Participating Faculty page for a full list of participating faculty and their research interests.

Accepted trainees should be able to take up their position within 1 year of the application closing date.

For information on currently funded fellowships, click here. For information on potential projects, click here.

Click here to apply now!

(deadline February 13, 2008)

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The Program in Molecular Plant Biology (PMPB), a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence (PRSE) at Colorado State University, is offering Graduate Research Assistantships to highly motivated Ph. D. applicants interested in Molecular Plant Biology.

The PMPB is an interdepartmental program with about 30 faculty members from four departments in two different colleges (College of Agricultural Science and College of Natural Sciences).

Researchers in the PMPB investigate fundamental and applied questions in plant biology using molecular approaches. Together, they have the expertise and a strong reputation in all areas of molecular plant biology. The participating faculty members are highly interactive and have research programs funded by various federal, state and international agencies. The questions asked cover the entire field of experimental plant biology including biochemistry, biofuels, biotechnology, breeding, cell signaling, cell biology, clean energy, developmental biology, evolution, genetics, host-microbe interactions, infectious diseases, pathology, photosynthesis, physiology, phytoremediation, rhizosphere biology, systematics, synthetic biology and stress physiology. In addition to fundamental research, several research groups are engaged in research that may lead to the development of plants with useful new traits in crop plants.

Genomic, proteomic and metabolomic approaches are integrated in these research programs.

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All students in the program are required to rotate through three laboratories prior to choosing a home lab. At the end of the first year, students select their advisors from any of four departments in two colleges. During the first year, students in the program are offered a research assistantship and tuition. To provide teaching experience, a number of teaching assistantships are offered through different departments. Students in the PMPB will benefit from the highly active and interactive group of plant faculty and the state-of- the art facilities to conduct cutting-edge science in molecular plant biology.

For additional information about this program visit www.plantbiology.colostate.edu/

To apply please visit our web site http://www.plantbiology.colostate.edu/Admissions/

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 15TH, 2009.

Top applicants will be invited to visit CSU during our recruitment week in February 2009.