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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Blanche E Staton <<a href="mailto:bestaton@mit.edu" class="">bestaton@mit.edu</a>><br class="">
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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">University of Pennsylvania offers Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity</b><br class="">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date:
</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 14, 2018 at 12:11:55 PM EDT<br class="">
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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">gradofficers <<a href="mailto:gradofficers@mit.edu" class="">gradofficers@mit.edu</a>><br class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">The Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity Program is a competitive program with a goal of increasing the diversity of the community of scholars devoted to academic research at both the University of Pennsylvania
and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Both organizations seek to attract promising researchers and educators from different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and other diverse populations whose life experience, research experience and employment
background will contribute significantly to their academic missions.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Fellowships are available for postdoctoral training in all areas of study at either Penn or CHOP. Candidates from the STEM fields are encouraged. Successful candidates will receive mentored scholarly and research
training as well as courses and workshops to enhance their research success skills and prepare them for a faculty position in a major university.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Fellows receive a stipend of $50,000 in year 1, with $2,000 increments in years 2 and 3, as well as annual allowances for travel ($2,000) and research ($5,000) and a one-time relocation allowance of $5,000. The
University also provides a medical, vision, dental and life insurance benefits package. Successful candidates will receive highly mentored scholarly and research training, as well as courses and workshops to enhance their research success skills.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">The application deadline is November 2, 2018. Complete details about the program can be found at<a href="http://research.upenn.edu/postdoc" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://research.upenn.edu/postdoc</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Eligibility<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Graduate students from Penn
and other institutions who have completed, or will complete their requirements for Ph.D. by the Fellowship start date<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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other institutions who have completed their dissertation within the last three years<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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D.M.D., V.M.D., J.D., etc.) within a year of completing their post-degree professional training<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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