Faculty-Level Scientific Careers

Each year we recruit for more than 30 tenured and tenure-track positions. Our scientists lead independent research laboratories within our Institutes and Centers in Bethesda, Maryland, and on campuses throughout the country. Within our academic environment, your job would be to conduct research and to play a major role in training and mentoring the next generation of biomedical scientists, with resources provided by the IRP subject to review by external boards of scientific counselors.
The following is a list of current opportunities for faculty-level positions. Note that some positions might be under review but still accepting applications.
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Faculty-Level Positions
- Tenure-Track Investigator, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, NIA (open till filled)
- Clinical Tenure-Track Translational Investigator, NICHD (review began September 15)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, CARD, NIA (review began September 18)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, NINR (review began September 15)
- Assistant Clinical Investigator, Human Nutrition, NIDDK (review begins September 29)
- Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID (review began August 21)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, Laboratory of Virology, NIAID (review begins October 26)
- Assistant Clinical Investigators, Transition Program in Clinical Research, NIAID (review begins November 30)
- Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigators (deadline September 30)
- Physician-Scientist Early Investigator Program (PEIP), NCI-CCR (rolling deadlines)
- Principal Investigators, CARD, NIA (open till filled)
Branch/Lab Chief Positions
- Senior Investigator and Chief, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Branch, NICHD (review begins October 31)
- Director, Center for Genomics and Data Science Research, NHGRI (review began August 21)
- Director, Chromatin Biology, NCI (review begins October 1)
- Director, Genetics Branch, NCI (review began August 28)
- Senior Clinician, POB Clinical Research Program Director, NCI/CCR (review began September 11)
- Senior Scientist, Chief of Epidemiology, NCCIH (review began September 20)
- Laboratory Chief, Laboratory of Host Immunity and Microbiome, NIAID (review begins October 26)
Director-Level Positions
- Scientific Director, NHLBI (review began March 12)
- Clinical Director, NICHD (review began August 1)
- Scientific Director, NINDS (review began January 16)
- Scientific Director, NIEHS DTT (review began March 27)
- Clinical Director, NCCIH (review began April 7)
- Clinical Director, NINR (review began April 15)
- Scientific Director, NCATS Division of Preclinical Innovation (review began June 19)
- Scientific Director, NIMHD (review begins August 14)
- Supervisory Health Scientist (Deputy Director), NIAID (application period opens August 13)
- Scientific Director, NIAMS (review begins October 30)
- Scientific Director, NIH Clinical Center (deadline November 20)
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This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 11, 2022