• Positions for the Training Program in the Molecular Bases of Eye Diseases are currently open.
  
• Qualified applicants should write to Matylda Bylinska  or contact one of the faculty mentors to arrange for application.
  
• Support is provided by an institutional training grant for one year. During the course of the first year, trainees are guided in writing grants for an individual NRSA, and/or other postdoctoral fellowships. Individual fellowships, sponsor support, or institutional support is provided for the second year. A minimal two year commitment to the training Program is required.

• Candidates must have a Ph.D. or M.D. and be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
  
• Funding is not available through this program for candidates with dual M.D., Ph.D. degrees, or more than two years of postdoctoral experience.
  
• Applicants must select a faculty mentor and establish the mentor's willingness to supervise research and training.
• Applicants must be the first author on at least one peer-reviewed publication.

• The applicant should work with a mentor of choice to establish a research program.
  
• For application, please submit the following:
  
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Official Graduate School Transcripts
  • Two Letters of Recommendation
  • Faculty Mentor's Letter of Commitment
  • Brief Abstract from Ph.D. Thesis
  • Brief Proposal for Research (one page maximum)
  • Voluntary Affirmative Action form (click here to download)
    
• Send applications (or inquiries) to:

Matylda Bylinska
Training Program Coordinator
Schepens Eye Research Institute
20 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114
mbed.training@schepens.harvard.edu
Tel.: (617) 912-2586
Fax: (617) 912-0101

• Trainees are selected by the Trainee Selection Committee after review of the CV, graduate record, letters of recommendation, documentation of publication, and the proposed research program.

• The next application deadline is May 18, 2012.