The San Diego IRACDA provides training directed at preparing post-docs to enter the professoriate: mentored research training, mentored lecturing to undergraduates; a course in organizational behavior and structure of universities and colleges, including interviewing and negotiating job contracts; grant writing; and a seminar series run by the post-docs.

IRACDA also provides travel funding to attend a national meeting each year and the annual IRACDA conference.

Questions? Read the FAQ.

To apply, please submit the following via email:

(1) A Personal Statement - this should outline your career, background, and history in science, including both experiences and future goals, particularly highlighting any interest in becoming a professor.

(2) A Curriculum Vitae

(3) Two Letters of Recommendation (one being from your doctoral mentor) submitted directly to Dr. Brunton via email.

[lbrunton@ucsd.edu]

 

 

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Sister IRACDA Programs

FIRST - Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching
 Emory University
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Email: FIRST@emory.edu
URL: http://www.physiology.emory.edu/FIRST/


 SPIRE - Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education
 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Contact: Skip Bollenbacher
E-mail: wbollenb@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.unc.edu/spire/index.html


 PROF - Professors of the Future
 University of California, Davis and San Francisco State University
Location: Davis, California
Contact: Dr. Jerry L. Hedrick, UC-Davis and Dr. Bruce Macher, SF State University
E-mail: jlhedrick@ucdavis.edu / macher@sfsu.edu
URL: http://prof.ucdavis.edu/


 PERT -Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching
 University of Arizona, Center for Insect Science
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Contact: Dr. Therese Markow
E-mail: tmarkow@public.arl.arizona.edu
URL: http://cis.arl.arizona.edu/PERT/index.htm


 University of Kansas/Haskell Indian Nations University IRACDA Project
 Location: Lawrence, Kansas
Contact: Dr. Russ Middaugh
E-mail: middaugh@ku.edu


 Vanderbilt University Medical Center IRACDA
 Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Contact: Roger Chalkley
E-mail: roger.g.chalkley@Vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615) 343-7290















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