NIH Fellows Committee at a Glance


Meeting Time: First Thursday of every month, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Bldg. 10, Rm. 2C310. All NIH scientists are welcome to attend.
Contact: Richard Nelson, NIDA, co-chair, Phone: 410 550-1412; E-mail: RNELSON@irp.nida.nih.gov

Resources: The Fellows Committee has sponsored career-development seminars, forums on the tenure-track policy, speakers for the NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lectures, and an all-day scientific symposium on the Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. Among its biggest achievements is the establishment of the NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence, a merit-based travel award program for clinical and postdoctoral fellows. It has also worked with the Office of Education to develop a fellows handbook and to coordinate the annual NIH Clinical Teacher Award.


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