MD applicants at the residency, immediate post-residency or clinical fellowship level are invited to apply for up to two year participation in a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) training program at the University of Southern California. Fellows may be involved in laboratory research or patient-based clinical research and will receive formal training in stem cell biology.
Candidates should submit a brief research proposal, consisting of Specific Aims (limited to one page), Importance of the Problem (limited to one page) and Research Design (limited to three pages). In addition, candidates should submit a National Institutes of Health (NIH) biosketch (limited to four pages), including their educational background, research experience and publications, an NIH biosketch (limited to four pages) of their proposed mentor and a statement of their career plans. Candidates should also arrange for two letters of recommendation to be emailed to the Selection Committee.
Applications are due April 4, 2014.
Applications (as PDF files) should be emailed to John Johnson, CIRM Training Grant Administrative Coordinator, at jejohnso@usc.edu.