Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowships, USA

September 8, 2010

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Postdoctoral Fellowship for Stanford University Candidates

Job Description: The Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowships encourage and support young investigators in the first one or two years of their postdoctoral (Ph.D. or M.D.) research training. These fellowships are awarded to postdoctoral scholars in order to carry on postdoctoral research training in the Stanford University School of Medicine and who are under the mentorship of faculty in the School of Medicine. With the goal to support current postdocs at Stanford and to facilitate the recruitment of new postdoctoral scholars, the partial support of a Dean’s fellowship is often used as “seed” money while outside funds are sought, providing up to $21,500 in stipend for one year.

The Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee holds two meetings per year: one in November for awards to start in the following January through December, and in May for awards to cover the following July through June.

The following information includes eligibility criteria, additional application guidelines, selection criteria, funding information and a list of the required application materials.

Applications from scholars and faculty mentors who do not meet the fellowship guidelines are not reviewed by the Fellowship Committee. Scholars are expected to make sure they meet all eligibility criteria below and follow the application procedures below.

Eligibility Criteria:

1. The applicant must be appointed as a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford University School of Medicine at the time the award begins. If the applicant is not an appointed scholar at the time of the application deadline, additional documents must be submitted with the application (see application checklist below).

2. The faculty mentor/sponsor must be appointed in the School of Medicine. Acting, consulting and courtesy appointees are not eligible.

3. Awardees cannot be enrolled in a degree-granting program while funded.

4. Applicants in the first one or two years of postdoctoral research training are preferred.

5. Foreign fellows must have visas that allow stipend support (typically a J-1 & F-1 visa). H1-B and TN visa holders are not eligible. Citizenship is not a selection factor.

Additional Application Guidelines:

1. Faculty members may not have more than one funded Dean’s fellow at a time, except for Assistant Professors who may have two funded scholars at the same time.

2. A faculty member may not serve as mentor/sponsor on more than one fellowship application per cycle. This applies to Assistant Professors as well.

3. Funding is restricted to support investigative activities. Awardees must spend at least 80% of their time in research. If effort is reduced to less than 80% research while receiving funding, an exception must be requested and approved in advance.

4. Funding is limited to stipend support paid directly to the postdoctoral scholar. The award may not be used to support research expenses or towards travel and tuition costs.

5. If the proposed research will involve animal and/or human subjects/protocols, the applicant should apply for the required protocols at the time of submission and not wait to be funded. Funding of the fellowship cannot begin until all protocols are approved. The protocols need to list the School of Medicine Dean’s Fellowship as a possible funding source.

Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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