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, Tenure-Eligible Investigator, NCI (open till filled)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, VRC (review began April 15)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, NIA (review began April 22)
- Senior Investigator, NCI-CCR (review begins May 15)
- Lasker Clinical Research Scholars (deadline August 25)
- Physician-Scientist Early Investigator Program (PEIP), NCI-CCR (rolling deadlines)
- Principal Investigators, CARD, NIA (open till filled)
Branch/Lab Chief Positions
- Laboratory Chief, NIAID (review began March 3)
- Senior Scientist, Animal Program Director, NICHD (review began March 27)
- Senior Investigator and Chief, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Branch, NICHD (review begins September 1)
Director-Level Positions
- Scientific Director, NHLBI (review began March 12)
- Scientific Director, NIAAA (review began July 23)
- Clinical Director, NICHD (review began August 1)
- Clinical Director, NIDA (review began January 12)
- Scientific Director, NINDS (review began January 16)
- Clinical Director, NCI (review began December 5)
- 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 begins June 19)
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This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 11, 2022