Post-Doctoral Training Programs

• Faculty Funded Fellowship Positions (e.g., RO1) 

• T32 Fellowship 

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

• F32 - NIH Fellowship

• R25T Transdisciplinary Cancer Research Grant

The Postdoctoral Training Program within the Centers is in a period of expansion.  Over 20 fellows are training within the Centers - an all-time high. These fellows are being funded through various mechanisms, including T32 institutional grants, F32 individual training grants, R25T training grant on transdisciplinary cancer prevention and control, and investigator initiated awards.  Current fellows.

The postdoctoral training program in the Centers, under the direction of Justin Nash, Ph.D., operates according to the apprenticeship model.  Fellows at the Centers are Brown University fellows.  Fellows are assigned a primary faculty supervisor based largely on mutual and overlapping research interests. 

The faculty advisor is responsible for maintaining regular supervision meetings and for guiding the fellow to pursue a systematic plan for research. Independent study is strongly encouraged, although the fellow often collaborates with the advisor on ongoing projects. Fellows are expected to begin to model the experience of the successful academic researcher, such as writing theoretical or empirical reports based on their own or collaborative research projects, presenting research at national meetings, and pursuing external funding. 

Fellows are afforded many opportunities for didactic training. Weekly seminars focus on research methodology and grantsmanship. Fellows also attend a once-per-month seminar series designed particularly for trainees in their stage of career development. Fellows can also participate in the Behavioral Medicine Seminar Series, which is a mix of presentations by Centers' faculty on clinical and research issues. 

Postdoctoral fellowships are one year in duration, and are renewable for an additional year. However, two or three year commitments are strongly encouraged.  

Postdoctoral Fellowships are funded through several different mechanisms.  These include NIH-funded research projects within the Centers and various NIH-funded training grants.  

• Faculty Funded Individual Fellowship positions
  These positions are funded through NIH grants, e.g. RO1awarded to individual faculty.  The area of training depends on the grant funding the position.  Areas can include nicotine dependence, physical activity, weight management, behavioral cardiology, and HIV prevention. (Application process.)
  
  
• If an applicant's research focuses on combined psychological and pharmacological treatments or children's mental health, then  a T32 Fellowship application should be completed.  (Application process.)
  
  
• The Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University also offers postdoctoral fellowships funded through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Applicants with an interest in substance abuse may want to consider this type of fellowship. 
  
  
• Several postdoctoral fellows are also funded through F32 - NIH Fellowships. These are National Research Service Awards funded by NIH for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows. The applicant must identify a sponsoring institution and a research mentor. 
  
  
• Early career development awards are available to provide three year funding for fellows at the faculty level through the NCI sponsored R25T Transdisciplinary Cancer Research Grant awarded to the Centers.  Application process
  
  

To find out more contact: postdoc_Training@brown.edu