Faculty-Level Scientific Careers
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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, NLM (review began May 17)
- Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program (deadline August 30)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, NIAID RML (review begins July 15)
- Tenure-Track and Tenure-Eligible Investigators, NEI (review begins August 6)
- Stadtman Investigator Search 2024–2025 (deadline September 30)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, CARD, NIA–NINDS (review begins August 19)
- Tenure-Track Investigator, NICHD (review begins September 30)
- Senior Investigator, NIEHS (review begins September 16)
- Physician-Scientist Early Investigator Program (PEIP), NCI-CCR (rolling deadlines)
Branch/Lab Chief Positions
- Senior Investigator and Chief, CCCHR, NIEHS (review began May 20)
Director-Level Positions
- Scientific Director, NIMHD (review began August 14)
- Scientific Director, NIAMS (review began October 30)
- Scientific Director, NIH Clinical Center (review began January 2)
- Clinical Director, NIEHS (deadline June 10)
- Clinical Director, NHLBI (review begins August 2)
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This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 11, 2022