Dartmouth faculty in the following departments conducting life science related research would be appropriate sponsors for HHMI fellows. The following links will introduce you to these individuals and to descriptions of the various research projects that are currently ongoing in their laboratories.
The Department of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, with funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, seeks applications for two HHMI Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Life Sciences. The HHMI Fellowships are two-year, non-tenure track positions with NIH NRSA scale salaries and comprehensive Dartmouth health benefits; they are designed to provide training to postdoctoral fellows in the arts of teaching and research. Each fellow will pursue a life science-related research project in the laboratory of a Dartmouth faculty member from an appropriate department in the Arts and Sciences, Medical School, or Engineering School. Collaborative projects that involve more than one laboratory at Dartmouth will also be considered. In addition, during the first year, each fellow will be paired with a senior faculty member with whom they will co-teach an undergraduate course in biology; they will teach a course alone during the second year. Training in teaching will occur through mentoring and workshops designed specifically for the fellows by staff of the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning. Thus, the fellows will receive substantial training under the guidance of an experienced faculty and education mentors. The goal of the HHMI Fellowships is to ensure that the fellows develop strong research and teaching credentials. Applicants should prepare a cover letter, in which they indicate up to three laboratories with which they would like to be affiliated (contact with these laboratories prior to application submission is strongly encouraged but not required; see < http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biology/HHMIpostdoc.html> for more information), a curriculum vitae, and a statement of career goals and teaching interests. Candidates should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent from individuals qualified to comment on the applicant’s credentials. Application materials should be sent to HHMI-Fellows@mac.dartmouth.edu or via mail (HHMI Fellowship Search Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, 6044 Gilman, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755). Consideration of applications will begin on 4 May 2009 and continue until the positions are filled. Fellowships will run for two calendar years, beginning on 1 September 2009.
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