Genome Training Grant: Postdoctoral Applicants

Current Application Deadline:  tba

Thank you for your interest in a postdoctoral fellowship in genomic sciences. The fellowships are offered under the terms of an NIH NRSA Training Grant. The aim of the program is to train individuals from a variety of disciplines to cope effectively with the contemporary and future challenges posed by genome analysis. The program is designed to educate and stimulate trainees at the interface of biological, physical, engineering, and computational sciences. Trainees will be trained to focus on the development and/or application of new tools to genome analysis. These tools include new chemistries, instruments, computer hardware or software for the analysis of DNA and proteins.

The program is housed at the University of Washington, and includes representatives from several UW departments, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Virginia Mason Research Center, the VA Hospital and the Institute for Systems Biology in its training faculty. A list of training faculty and their research interests is available. The training grant supports 7 postdoctoral trainees per year. The fellowships are awarded for one year; a 2nd year may be awarded pending satisfactory research performance and the availability of funds.

All genome training grant (GTG) trainees are considered Postdoctoral Fellow Trainees at the University of Washington, and as such, fall under UW benefit plans (for more information, see Terms and Conditions).To be eligible for a postdoctoral fellowship under the program, you must be sponsored in your application by one of the program faculty. In addition, you must have a Ph.D. and be a U.S. citizen or a permanent U.S. resident. The sponsoring faculty member must first agree to provide you with lab-bench space, research supplies, and, if necessary, any stipend or salary in addition to the NIH stipend. Please be aware that supplemental salary amounts must come from non-federal funds. You and the sponsoring faculty member will agree upon a research project in some area of the genomic sciences. You will then be considered for a postdoctoral fellowship. The GTG advisory committee will select awardees on the basis of the caliber of their past academic and research performance, their motivation and potential for interdisciplinary research, and the relevance of their proposed project to genome analysis. A postdoctoral position in the sponsoring faculty-member's laboratory may be dependent on your being awarded a fellowship.

Although there is no limit on previous experience, we expect that most successful applicants will be early in their training, and that applicants with extensive training will have compelling arguments for support.

Applications for postdoctoral fellowships on the GTG are generally accepted twice a year. Genome Training Grant faculty members will be notified as slots open up. Application materials are available as word or PDF documents on this website. Send these materials to Brian Giebel, who assists in the administration of the training grant, via email ( bgiebel [ a t ] u.washington.edu ), via campus mail at Box 355065, or via US mail at:

Department of Genome Sciences
1705 NE Pacific St, Foege Building
Box 355065
Seattle WA 98195-5065

Your application for the NIH-fellowship will be considered by the committee, and all applicants will be notified about the status of their application.

Stan Fields, Ph.D.
Director, Genome Training Grant