Recovery Act Funding Supports 23 Fellowships for Early Career Scientists
By NIH News
July 22, 2009
Among the new positions created will be 13 research fellows and 10 advanced research fellows, who will be able to continue their projects for a second year. The fellows will be employees of Vanderbilt University and other U.S. institutions, coming from medical schools and universities across the country.
Funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will allow the National Institutes of Health to create jobs for early career scientists and increase the ranks of researchers and clinicians working in the global health field. With $3 million in funding over the next 18 months, the NIH’s Fogarty International Center will be able to support 23 additional participants in its Clinical Research Training Scholars and Fellows Program.
The ARRA award is being made to Vanderbilt University's Institute for Global Health, which administers the scholars program managed by Fogarty. The initiative provides a year of mentored clinical research training at NIH-funded research sites in the developing world, designed to encourage the recipients to establish careers in global health-related clinical research. Among the new positions created will be 13 research fellows and 10 advanced research fellows, who will be able to continue their projects for a second year. The fellows will be employees of Vanderbilt University and other U.S. institutions, coming from medical schools and universities across the country.
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