IRACDA Programs Nationwide

The Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity of the NIH with an initiative called the Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) currently funds 18 programs including FIRST which are designed to combine a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience with an experience to develop teaching skills through innovative programs that involve mentored assignments at a Minority Serving Institution (MSI).

IRACDA Participating Institutions (link to NIH site) are located in Georgia as well as the following states:

Alabama  Arizona  California Illinois  Kansas Massachusetts  Minnesota  New Jersey New Mexico N. Carolina  Pennsylvania S. Carolina  Texas  Virginia
(Please click the state name to find out more about the program in that area.)



MERIT - Mentored Experiences in Research, Instruction and Teaching Program

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Contact: Bryan D. Noe, Ph.D.
E-mail: bnoe@uab.edu
Phone: (205) 975-8852
Fax: (205) 996-4409


PERT - Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching
University of Arizona, Center for Insect Science
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Contact: Dr. Nicholas J. Strausfeld
E-mail: flybrain@neurobio.arizona.edu
Phone: (520) 621-4924
Fax: (520) 621-2590

IRACDA Scholars in Science Fellowship (ISIS)
University of California
Location: San Francisco, California
Contact: Dr. Patricia G. Calarco
E-mail: graduate.dean@ucsf.edu
Phone: (415) 502-6612
Fax: (415) 476-9690


University of California, San Diego & San Diego State University IRACDA
Location: San Diego, California
Contact: Dr. Larry Brunton
E-mail: lbrunton@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-4667
Fax: (858) 534-6833

Stanford University
Location: Stanford, California
Contact: Joseph Puglisi, Ph.D.
E-mail: puglisi@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 498-4397
Fax: (650) 723-8464



Northwestern University-Select Teaching and Research Training Program

Location: Evanston, Illinois
Contact: Lawrence J. Henschen, Ph.D.
Email: henschen@ece.northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-3338
Fax: (847) 491-4455

University of Kansas/Haskell Indian Nations University IRACDA Project
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
Contact: Dr. Mary L. Michaelis
E-mail: mlm@ku.edu
Phone: (785) 864-3905
Fax: (785) 864-5219

TEACRS
Tufts University
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: Claire Moore, Ph.D.
E-mail: claire.moore@tufts.edu
Phone: (617) 636-6935
Fax: (617) 636-0337


IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellowships
University of Minnesota,
Duluth
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Contact: George J. Trachte, Ph.D.
E-mail: gtracht1@d.umn.edu
Phone: 218-726-8975
Fax: 218-726-7906

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Contact: Michael J. Leibowitz, Ph.D.
E-mail: leibowit@umdnj.edu
Phone: (732) 235-4795
Fax: (732) 235-5223



ASERT - Academic Science Education and Research Training

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Contact: Sherry Rogers, Ph.D.
Email: srogers@salud.unm.edu
Phone: (505) 272-0007
Fax: (505) 272-9105


SPIRE - SEEDING POSTDOCTORAL INNOVATORS
in RESEARCH and EDUCATION

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Contact: Dr. Linda Dykstra
Email: LDykstra@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-3521
Fax: (919) 843-8661


University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching
(PENN-PORT)

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contact: Dr. Yvonne J. Paterson
E-mail: yvonne@mail.med.upenn.edu
Phone: (215) 898-3461
Fax: (801) 315-9100

MUSC-Claflin Institutional Research and
Academic Career Development Program

Medical University of South Carolina

Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Contact: Dr. Cynthia F. Wright
E-mail: wrightcf@musc.edu
Phone: (843) 792-6658
Fax: (843) 792-0368

Baylor College of Medicine
Location: Houston, Texas
Contact: Dr. Gayle Slaughter
E-mail: gayles@bcm.edu
Phone: (713) 798-6644
Fax: (713) 798-6325

Virginia Commonwealth University
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Contact: Paul B. Fisher, Ph.D.
E-mail: pbfisher@vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 828-9632
Fax: (804) 827-1124

 

 

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