Deadline Extended: Applications For U.S.-Russia Collaboration in Biomedical Sciences NIH Visiting Fellows Program Extended to Dec. 20, 2012

DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Calling All Early Career Russian Researchers: Accepting Applications For U.S.-Russia Collaboration in the Biomedical Sciences National Institutes of Health Visiting Fellows Program

BETHESDA, MD, October 11, 2012 — The deadline is extended to apply for the U.S.-Russia Collaboration in the Biomedical Sciences National Institutes of Health (NIH) Visiting Fellows Program.

Application deadline is extended until December 20, 2012. The formal announcement with all information is here: http://www.fnih.org/content/us-russia-collaboration-biomedical-sciences-….

The program invites applications from early career Russian researchers to spend two years in the laboratories within the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP). Two positions will focus on active, healthy lifestyle research, including the roles of physical activity, exercise, nutrition and energy balance during their two-year fellowship beginning in 2013. Additional positions are open to support other areas of biomedical and behavioral research.

Applicants MUST meet ALL the requirements:

• Must be a Russian citizen or permanent resident.
• Must have a PhD (кандидат наук) at the time of application. Applicants may hold an MD in addition to the PhD, but an MD degree alone does NOT make one eligible to apply.
• Applicants must have no more than 5 years of relevant research experience since completion of their last doctoral degree.
• Applicants already working in the United States are not eligible.
• Individuals who previously trained at the NIH are not eligible (excludes short-term visits and training courses).
• Must have a written commitment of support from an investigator in the NIH IRP (see sample letter of support here: http://www.fnih.org/content/us-russia-collaboration-biomedical-sciences-…).
• The Program aims to increase U.S.-Russia collaborations in health research and is supported in part through the U.S.-Russia Collaboration in the Biomedical Sciences, a public-private partnership of the Foundation for the NIH.

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