U.S.-India Ph.D./Postdoc fellowships in intracellular pathogens.

The SBRI-India Global Infectious Diseases Training Program invites applications from promising Indian Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists for advanced training in Malaria, Leishmaniasis, Tuberculosis, and other intracellular pathogens.

Post Doc Fellowships
Fellowships for postdoctoral scientists will be funded for two years to train on collaborative projects at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
University of Washington (UW)
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI)

Graduate Student fellowships
Additional fellowships are available for one year for students in Ph.D. degree programs at JNU or ICGEB to spend up to six months in one of the Seattle laboratories on a collaborative project. In order to be eligible for the program students should have completed their coursework and 2 years of their program at JNU or ICGEB. You may still be completing coursework during the application process provided it is complete by the time you enter the program.

Evaluation Criteria and Application Instructions
Applicants will be assessed on the basis of academic record, letters of recommendation, a statement of career goals related to global infectious disease, and a brief statement of research interests. In addition, for postdoctoral scientists the publication record will be considered.
A complete application will include the following items which will be uploaded to the online application system in .pdf format.

• A Curriculum Vitae
  
• A statement of research interests not to exceed 500 words.
  
• A statement of professional goals related to global infectious diseases not to exceed 200 words.
  
• Email contact information for 2 referees. Graduate students should request one of these letters from their current mentor discussing what they have accomplished in their current lab placement. Postdoctoral scientists should request one letter from their Ph.D. advisor. In addition, for postdoctoral scientists the publication record will be considered.

In your statement of research interests you may indicate whether any current collaborative projects are of particular interest to you. For a list of these projects, click here. You may also suggest a project that would involve a collaboration between a Seattle-based investigator and a New Delhi-based investigator. Please see the Research Interests and Participating Faculty page for a full list of participating faculty and their research interests.

Accepted trainees should be able to take up their position within 1 year of the application closing date.

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