IRACDA Programs Nationwide
The
Division of Minority
Opportunities in Research (MORE) of the NIH with an initiative
called the Institutional
Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA)
currently funds 15 programs including FIRST which are designed to combine
a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience with an experience
to develop teaching skills through innovative programs that involve
mentored assignments at a Minority Serving Institution (MSI).
IRACDA
Participating Institutions (link to NIH site) are
located in Georgia as well as the following states:
Alabama Arizona California Illinois Kansas Massachusetts Minnesota New
Mexico Tennessee Texas N.
Carolina
S. Carolina Pennsylvania
(Please
click the state name to find out more about the program in that area.)
IRACDA
Scholars in Science Fellowship (ISIS)
University of California
Location: San
Francisco, California
Contact: Dr. Patricia G. Calarco
E-mail: graduate.dean@ucsf.edu
Phone: (415) 502-6612
Fax: (415) 476-9690
University of California, San Diego & San
Diego State University IRACDA
Location: San Diego, California
Contact:
Dr. Larry Brunton
E-mail: lbrunton@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-4667
Fax: (858) 534-6833
TEACRS
- Training in Education and Critical Research Skills
Tufts University
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: Dr. Claire Moore
Email: claire.moore@tufts.edu
Phone: 617-636-6935
Fax: 617-636-0337
SPIRE
- SEEDING POSTDOCTORAL INNOVATORS
in RESEARCH and EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Location:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Contact: Dr. Linda Dykstra
Email: LDykstra@unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-3521
Fax: (919) 843-8661
PERT
- Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching
University of Arizona, Center for Insect Science
Location:
Tucson, Arizona
Contact: Dr. Nicholas J. Strausfeld
E-mail: flybrain@neurobio.arizona.edu
Phone: (520) 621-4924
Fax: (520) 621-2590
University
of Kansas/Haskell Indian Nations University IRACDA Project
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
Contact: Dr. Mary L. Michaelis
E-mail: mlm@ku.edu
Phone: (785) 864-3905
Fax: (785) 864-5219
University
of Minnesota, Duluth
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Contact: Dr. George J.Trachte
E-mail: gtracht1@d.umn.edu
Phone: (218) 726-8975
Fax: (218) 726-7906
ASERT - Academic Science Education and Research Training
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Sherry Rogers, Ph.D.
Email: srogers@salud.unm.edu
Phone: (505) 272-0007
Fax: (505) 272-9105
University
of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching
(PENN-PORT)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contact: Dr. Yvonne J. Paterson
E-mail: yvonne@mail.med.upenn.edu
Phone: (215) 898-3461
Fax: (801) 315-9100
MUSC-Claflin
Institutional Research and
Academic Career Development Program
Medical University of South Carolina
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Contact: Dr. Cynthia F. Wright
E-mail: wrightcf@musc.edu
Phone: (843) 792-6658
Fax: (843) 792-0368
Vanderbilt
University Medical Center IRACDA
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Contact: Dr. Roger R. Chalkley
E-mail: roger.chalkley@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615) 343-4611
Fax: (615) 343-0749
Baylor College of Medicine
Location:
Houston, Texas
Contact: Dr. Gayle Slaughter
E-mail: gayles@bcm.edu
Phone: (713)
798-6644
Fax:
(713) 798-6325
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Location: Birmingham, AL
Contact: Bryan D. Noe, Ph.D.
E-mail: bnoe@uab.edu
Phone: ( 205) 975-8852
Fax: (205) 996-4409
Northwestern University
Location: Evanston, IL 60208
Contact: Lawrence J. Henschen, Ph.D.
Email: henschen@ece.northwestern.edu
Phone: ( 847) 491-3338
Fax: (847) 491-4455
Emory
University School of Medicine
Department of Physiology
Atlanta, GA 30322-3110
(404) 727-7410 Office ~ (404) 727-2648 FAX
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questions or comments, contact the webmaster at FIRST@emory.edu.
