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 (clinical), NIA (review begins September 7)
- Senior Clinician, NIEHS (deadline September 19)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, CARD, NIA–NINDS (review begins September 27)
- Senior Scientist, Translational Bioengineering Program NCATS (deadline September 30)
- Assistant Clinical Investigator (High Scarcity), NINDS (deadline September 30)
- Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigators, NIH-wide (deadline September 30)
- Senior Investigators (multiple disciplines), NCI-CCR (review begins October 3)
- Physician-Scientist Early Investigator Program, NCI-CCR (rolling deadlines)
- Independent Scholars / Principal Investigators, CARD NIA (open till filled)
Branch/Lab Chief Positions
- Chief, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, DCEG-NCI (review began August 5)
- Chief, Epidemiology Branch, DiPHR-NICHD (review began September 1)
- Chief, Surgical Neurology Branch, NINDS (deadline October 15)
- Chief, Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, NIEHS (review begins October 17)
Director-Level Positions
- Scientific Director, NLM (review began September 15)
- Scientific Director, NINDS (review began December 13)
- Scientific Director, NEI (review began January 10)
- Scientific Director, NHLBI (review began March 12)
- Clinical Director, NIDCD (review began May 23)
- Director, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID (review began July 21)
- Scientific Director, NIAAA (review began July 23)
- Clinical Director, NICHD (review began August 1)
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