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Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease

T32 Application

For any issues with uploading materials, including letters of support, please send the relevant file as an attachment to Railey Jane Savage (rjs388@cornell.edu). Thank you.
2024-2025 CIHMID T32 Postdoctoral Fellow Application

2024-2025 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. Applications are open for one-year appointments beginning Fall 2024, and the host lab is required to demonstrate ability to provide an additional year of funding at the conclusion of the fellowship period. 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.

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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ACADEMIC INFORMATION

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

Please identify ONE person who will provide a letter of reference on your behalf. This letter CANNOT be from the advising team for the proposed project, but should be from someone who knows your abilities and attributes as a research and scientist (e.g., Ph.D. advisor or similar). The letter will be automatically contacted upon submission of your application and will be due on June 17, so please alert your letter writer so they can prepare the letter in advance.

PROSPECTIVE ADVISORS LETTERS OF SUPPORT

Please identify your prospective major and minor advisors to trigger a solicitation of their support letters. Your named advisors will be automatically contacted upon submission of your application and the letters will be due on June 17. Letters should describe the applicant's abilities and potential as a research scientist. The advisor statement should additionally include a brief description of the strategy for mentoring the candidate to independence and career success, as well as an assurance that at least one additional year of funding is available from the host lab after the year of fellowship support.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

The application will consist of: a cover letter, CV, plan of proposed research (3 pages maximum, excluding references), 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. Inquiries and questions may be directed to Brian Lazzaro bplazzaro@cornell.edu or Railey Jane Savage rjs388@cornell.edu

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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

Maximum file size: 5MB

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