Postdoctoral Training Program: Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research 707 views

University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering Postdoctoral Training Program with funding from NICHD and the Waisman Center. The program provides multidisciplinary training in social, epidemiological, behavioral, and biobehavioral research on intellectual and developmental disabilities. The emphasis of the program is on understanding social, affective, communicative, and family processes as they relate to intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Research training includes:

• Planning and conducting independent research
• Collaborating with program faculty on research
• Participating in regular research meetings with mentors

Qualification:

• Applicant must have an outstanding academic record, and who have received (or will have received by our anticipated appointment start date) a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign organization.
• Applicant must adhere to their citizenship requirement for all individuals funded by this training grant.
• NIH requires that trainees be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents of the United States. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
• Trainees or scholars in these programs, who are permanent residents of the U.S., must submit a notary’s signed statement with the appointment form certifying that they have (1) a permanent resident card [USCIS Form I-551] or (2) other legal verification of such status.

How to apply:

• Applicants should provide the following electronically in one PDF in the order listed below to postdocapp@waisman.wisc.edu:
• Cover letter (addressed to Sigan Hartley, PhD)
• Application Form
• Click here to access the fillable form
• Curriculum vitae
• A Personal Statement
• Dissertation summary or abstract
• Publications / Papers (3)
• References (3 – 4)