As a Postdoctoral Trainee, it can be difficult identifying relevant funding, career development, and other professional growth opportunities. Finding central databases of opportunities can prove equally challenging as opportunities may be virtually “hidden” in a proverbial sea of irrelevant opportunities. Worse yet, by the time you find an opportunity the initial review date or application deadline may have passed.
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) currently has over 300 opportunities for STEM, policy, and technical research and non-research postdoc fellows at over twenty (20) federal agencies. You can explore the ORISE Zintellect Opportunity Catalog and use it as a year-round resource to identify new funding and other opportunities.
The IBSC recognizes that it is cumbersome to sort through the over 1,500 opportunities found on this site, so we have highlighted some relevant opportunities below that as of August 2023, are potential fits for Postdocs conducting stem cell research, as well as research aligned with NIGMS and CIRM priorities.
FDA Cellular Therapeutics Fellowship
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis, and this opportunity will remain open until filled.
A research opportunity is currently available in the Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Research performed will be focused on understanding the advanced manufacturing of CRISPR/Cas9-edited cellular therapeutics. Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant(s) will be trained on CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in human hematopoietic stem cells and other cell types and will use advanced manufacturing tools to better understand the ex vivo expansion and manufacturing of CRISPR-based cellular therapeutics.
Learn more about Opportunity FDA-CBER-2022-03
EACE Orthopaedic Trauma Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
Under the guidance of a mentor, participant(s) will engage in activities and research in several areas including participating in research around new interventional strategies which minimize or prevent progressive degeneration of the synovial joint to facilitate greater joint function and quality of life for the patient. Key education and training aspects of this Orthopeadic Trauma Research Fellowship will include: exposure to various aspects of pre-clinical research by participating in ongoing collaborative research projects; data collection appropriate to existing research protocol(s); processing, analyzing, and interpreting collected data; descriptive and inferential statistical analyses; participate in the preparation abstracts for professional conferences and/or manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Learn more about Opportunity EACE-2023-0002
EACE Musculoskeletal Injury Research Fellow
The EACE Musculoskeletal Injury Research Fellow will participate in clinical- and field-based data collections, study participant tracking, data management, data analyses, and assist with the dissemination of project findings and idea development. Under the guidance of a mentor, participant(s) will gain hands-on experience to complement their education and support their academic and professional goals.
This opportunity is located at Fort Bragg, NC, As a research fellow, participant(s) will primarily interface with the EACE research team, relevant clinical teams (e.g., physical therapy, orthopaedic surgery), and operational units with which the EACE is collaborating and participant(s) will have the unique opportunity to conduct clinical-/field-based research focused on primary and secondary musculoskeletal injury risk factors that will have direct impact on Service member health and medical readiness.
In addition, participant(s) will participate in clinical- and field-based data collections, study participant tracking, data management, data analyses, and assist with the dissemination of project findings and idea development.