Up to 12 Fellows will be selected for three years of support
while carrying out research projects with high potential for
real-world impact in natural sciences and engineering-related
disciplines
SEATTLE, May 2, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Washington Research Foundation (WRF) is
accepting applications for WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships to begin in
2025. Up to 12 Fellows will be selected to carry out research
projects of their own design that have the potential for
significant real-world public impact. Fellows receive three years
of salary, benefits and research expense support as they carry out
transformative research in the natural sciences and
engineering-related fields at nonprofit research institutions in
Washington state.
"The WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship has been transformative in
enabling me to pursue a high-risk but potentially high-reward
research direction in my mentors' labs." Eva Nichols, Ph.D., 2022 WRF Postdoctoral
Fellow
Washington Research Foundation has awarded 78 WRF Postdoctoral
Fellowships since the program began in 2018. In addition to
receiving financial support, Fellows participate in networking and
professional development events, including an annual symposium at
which they present their research and learn more about the work and
progress of other WRF-funded Fellows.
The 2025 Fellows will be chosen by a national selection
committee with expertise spanning multiple scientific fields.
Candidates do not yet have to have completed their Ph.D. program to
apply, but must do so in time to begin the fellowship, with
possible start dates being January, April, July or October 1, 2025.
Clarisse Benson, WRF's manager of
student and postdoctoral programs, said, "We're thrilled to
announce the opening of applications for our eighth cohort of WRF
Postdoctoral Fellows and look forward to supporting scientists at
this critical juncture of their career. We hope to see applicants
proposing bold ideas with substantial real-world impact, thereby
furthering our mission to advance breakthrough technologies in
Washington state."
Eva Nichols, Ph.D., began her WRF
fellowship in 2022. She is conducting her research in the labs of
Brian Beliveau, Ph.D., and
Jay Shendure, MD, Ph.D., at the
University of Washington's Department
of Genome Sciences, where she is working on a scalable spatial
transcriptomics approach that can be used to improve 3D pathology
efforts. 3D scans present a more complete image of cell and tissue
health than traditional 2D methods, with the added advantage that
they are nondestructive and enable samples to be reexamined if
needed.
"The WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship has been transformative in
enabling me to pursue a high-risk but potentially high-reward
research direction in my mentors' labs," Nichols said. "WRF's—and
my mentors'—support has been invaluable in allowing me to test my
scientific creativity and independence before my next career
stage."
Applications and letters of recommendation are due by
June 26, 2024.
Media Contact
Dale Wadman, Washington Research
Foundation, (206) 336-5600, dale@wrfseattle.org,
https://www.wrfseattle.org/
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