Stetten Fellowship in the History of Biomedical Sciences and Technology or
Medicine

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Program Background

The Stetten Fellowship seeks to encourage postdoctoral historical research
and publication about biomedical sciences and technology and medicine that
has been funded by NIH since 1945. Fellowships carry a stipend in the range
of $45,000 per year and include health insurance and a work space, computer,
and phone in the Office of NIH History. (Fellowships may be renewable to a
maximum of 24 months, subject to satisfactory progress.) Stetten Fellows
have access to the resources of the Office of NIH History, the collections of
the Stetten Museum, the National Library of Medicine, NIH Library, and
historical materials in the NIH Institutes relevant to their research projects.
The Fellow will conduct research on topics of their choice under the
supervision of senior staff of the Office of NIH History and assisted by
contacts in the relevant Institute(s). The Fellow will be expected to
participate in historical activities on campus, including presentation of one or
more seminars and lectures. For more information on the Stetten Fellowship,
please see the Stetten Fellow Handbook:
http://history.nih.gov./research/stetten_handbook.html


Current Stetten Fellows and their projects: Eric Boyle, (UC Santa Barbara)-
history of alternative and complementary medicine at NIH; Todd Olszewski,
(Yale)-history of risk factors in terms of cholesterol and cardiovascular
health; Laura Stark, (Princeton)-history of NIH policies in ethics of human
subject research; Doogab Yi, (Princeton)-history of NIH research in cancer
viruses; Chin Jou, (Princeton)-history of obesity; Brian Casey (Yale)-NIH,
neurophysiology, and criminal culpability; Sharon Ku (Cambridge University)-
nanotechnology and cancer.

Application Deadline: 31 December 2009

Instructions:  Send the following materials via email to David Cantor
([log in to unmask]).

1.Your full name and contact information
2.Your research proposal and curriculum vitae (as attachments).
3.Names, addresses, and affiliations of two people who will write you
reference letters.

NOTE: Inform the two people who will write in support of your application that
they may submit their letters initially via email to David Cantor
([log in to unmask]), but that these letters must be received before the
deadline, and that hard copies on institutional letterhead stationery must
follow for your application to be considered.

All official transcripts must be submitted in hard copy. They should be sent to:

Stetten Fellowship Committee
Building 45, Room 3AN38, MSC 6330
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-6330

Further Information:  For further information on the program please go to the
Stetten Fellowship webpage: http://history.nih.gov./research/stetten.html

Staff and fellows in the History Office will be attending the History of Science
Society meeting in Phoenix, AZ, and will be available to discuss the fellowship
program, the Office, and the application process.  To contact staff and
fellows go to the staff page of the History Office website:
http://history.nih.gov./about/staff.html


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David Cantor PhD
Deputy Director
Office of History
National Institutes of Health
Bldg 45, Room 3AN38, MSC 6330
Bethesda, MD 20892-6330
U.S.A.

Phone: 301-402-8915 (Direct)
       301-496-6610 (Office)
Fax:   301-402-1434
http://history.nih.gov/about/Cantor.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/cantor.html


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