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Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease

T32 Application

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2023 CIHMID T32 Postdoctoral Fellow Application

2023 CIHMID T32 Postdoctoral Fellow Application

The Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease (CIHMID; http://cihmid.cornell.edu) offers financial support and professional development opportunities for postdoctoral scholars to study host-microbe interactions. CIHMID postdocs are supported for up to three years to develop research programs in collaboration with two or more labs at Cornell, and will be provided with professional development opportunities during the academic year and summer. Candidates who will have been at Cornell for more than one year at the time of their appointment to the program will be eligible for up to two years of support. CIHMID postdocs are expected to have intellectual ownership of their projects and may use their support to build bridges across different disciplines of study. Studied host-microbe interactions may be pathogenic or beneficial; microbial partners may be bacterial, viral or fungal; eukaryotic hosts may be animal or plant. Supporting a diverse portfolio of research systems and questions is an explicit goal of the training program. Applications are due on September 10, 2023, with interviews and offers expected in October. Appointments must begin by March 15, 2024.

The program is supported by a training grant from the US National Institutes of Health (T32 AI145821) and appointments are made through competitive application. Questions about the program may be directed to bplazzaro@cornell.edu.

**Applicants are required to confer with prospective host labs prior to application.**

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LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

Please identify the TWO people who will provide you with letters of recommendation (cannot be from Major, or Minor labs). Referees will be automatically contacted upon submission of your application.

PROSPECTIVE ADVISORS LETTERS OF SUPPORT

Please identify your prospective major, and minor advisors to trigger a solicitation of their letters. Referees will be automatically contacted upon submission of your application.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

The application will consist of: a cover letter, CV, plan of proposed research (3 pages maximum, excluding references), a statement of support from all prospective advisors, 2 letters of recommendation that do not come from the Major or Minor labs (to be submitted directly by the recommenders), and a statement of contribution to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. There is no expectation that applicants will identify themselves as members of underrepresented groups. However, Cornell as an institution has an expectation that all members of our campus communities support diversity and inclusion, and applicant statements should describe their philosophies and activities in that regard. All components of the application must be submitted through the application portal. Contact information for writers of letters of recommendation, as well as prospective advisors should be entered in the indicated sections above as recommenders will be automatically solicited to submit their letters to program administrators. Inquiries and questions may be directed to Brian Lazzaro bplazzaro@cornell.edu or Railey Jane Savage rjs388@cornell.edu

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File types allowed: doc, docx, pdf, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsc, jpg, gif, png

Maximum file size: 5MB

File types allowed: doc, docx, pdf, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsc, jpg, gif, png

Maximum file size: 5MB

File types allowed: doc, docx, pdf, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsc, jpg, gif, png