ATTENTION UMBC STUDENTS!
Your journey to financial wellness begins now with our interactive (and entertaining) online FinancialSmarts Cash Course! This multi-module, self-paced course ensures that you are as well-prepared to manage your budgets, bank accounts, assets and debt as you are to master your academic and career interests. To enroll in the online FinancialSmarts CashCourse click here.
Once you have enrolled in the course, you are welcome to complete as many modules as you would like, whenever you choose to do so. However, here’s where FinancialSmarts start to pay off... By September 15, 2019 (TOMORROW!):
● If you complete the pre-assessment and one module, your name will be entered in our $100 campus card deposit drawing.
● If you complete the pre-assessment and two or more modules, your name will be entered in our $300 campus card deposit drawing.
● If you complete the pre-assessment and all modules, your name will be entered in our $500 campus card deposit drawing.
Campus card deposits can be used anywhere that you can use your campus card. For example:
-The Bookstore
-Campus food vendors like Outtakes, True Grits, and Salsaritas
-Paying tuition and fees on myUMBC or at SBS
-Campus vending machines
-Print stations
-Local partner businesses
Be sure to complete modules by September 15, 2019 (TOMORROW!) to be entered into the drawings! Tune into our live stream on Instagram (@umbcfinancialsmarts) to watch all drawings take place this Monday, September 16, 2019 at 12pm.
If you have questions about the online FinancialSmarts Cash Course, please feel free to contact us at financialsmarts@umbc.edu.
Sincerely,The Graduate School at UMBC Dissertation Fellowship Application Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2019
The Dissertation Fellowship is designed to provide doctoral candidates at UMBC an opportunity to devote the necessary concentration and attention towards finishing the writing of their dissertations. The Fellowship is specifically designed for students with full-time jobs off-campus, for those without any financial support who are making steady progress with their writing, and for whom having additional time and resources would permit them to complete the process more expeditiously. This Fellowship is not available as an option for students with available graduate assistantship support.
The Dissertation Fellowship could provide promising doctoral candidates with financial support so that they may reduce their current obligations and partially offset any reductions in salary or increases in expenses. No additional work assignments other than work on the dissertation are to be associated with this support.
Priority will be given to students who demonstrate that the Fellowship will allow them the needed time to complete their writing and to make revisions in time to defend the work within a realistic but expeditious time frame. Awards will be made to students who have demonstrated a commitment to provide at least 20 hours per week for an entire academic semester to writing the dissertation.
Dissertation Fellowship awards are available for Spring 2020. The duration of an award is for one semester. The maximum level of support for Spring is a total stipend of $8,919.68 per Fellowship plus tuition remission for two credits of 899.
To be considered for a Dissertation Fellowship, the Ph.D. candidate must:
be in good academic standing;
provide a letter of support from the Chair of the Dissertation Committee that
describes the state of the dissertation and the probable impact of receipt of the Fellowship on the progress toward completion; and,
verifies that no UMBC-administered financial support is available for the student;
provide, if employed outside the university, written evidence from the student’s employer indicating the employer’s willingness to reduce job time and duties in order for the student to participate in the Fellowship;
submit a dissertation abstract of no more than two pages in length; and
submit a 1-2 page management plan signed by the Chair of the Dissertation Committee describing the status of the dissertation work, the steps required to complete the work, and the feasible timeline for completion; and
identify, if a prior recipient of a Dissertation Fellowship, the prior term (e.g., Spring 2017) in which the Fellowship was received.
Applications for Spring 2020 Dissertation Fellowships will be accepted by the Office of the Associate Dean of the Graduate School until Friday, November 1, 2019. Completed applications may be submitted via email as a single PDF to DFSpring2020@umbc.edu or hand-delivered to the Office of the Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Room 208, Administration Building, by 4:30 p.m. A committee consisting of three members of the Graduate School Leadership Team will review applications and announce recipients of the Fellowship by Friday, November 22, 2019. Selection will be based on the extent of convincing evidence that the award will provide the critical element needed to complete the dissertation.
LINK TO SPRING 2020 DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION
]]>Three new positions we are recruiting for related to the undergraduate and graduate applied biotechnology programs at UMBC-Shady Grove:
A complete application consists of:
All documents must be in English or include an official English translation.
If you have questions, send an email to ORISE.FDA.CDER@orau.org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity in your email.
*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis.
A research opportunity is available in the Office of Translational Sciences/Immediate Office, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Silver Spring, Maryland.
This project located in The Office of Translational Sciences / Immediate Office involves collaborating with CDER staff on projects involving the assessment of FDA’s regulatory science activities and outreach efforts in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The project involves various mechanisms available to FDA for partnering with external organizations to promote regulatory science and innovation in drug development, including Technology Transfer, Critical Path Innovation Meetings, Public Private Partnerships and Consortia Activities. This project will have a significant impact on improving strategies and processes for collaborations between CDER and external groups.
Under the guidance of a mentor the participant will learn the mechanisms available to FDA for partnering with external organizations to promote regulatory science and innovation in drug development, assess partnership needs, and participate in identifying the impact of scientific collaborations on CDER’s research priorities. This training is critical to our public health mission and will prepare the participant for a successful career transition into regulatory science research.
This program, administered by ORAU through its contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to manage the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, was established through an interagency agreement between DOE and FDA. The initial appointment is for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of FDA contingent on the availability of funds. The participant will receive a monthly stipend commensurate with educational level and experience. Proof of health insurance is required for participation in this program. The appointment is full-time at FDA in the Silver Spring, Maryland, area. Participants do not become employees of FDA, DOE or the program administrator, and there are no employment-related benefits.
Completion of a successful background investigation by the Office of Personnel Management is required for an applicant to be on-boarded at FDA. OPM can complete a background investigation only for individuals, including non-US Citizens, who have resided in the US for a total of three of the past five years.
FDA requires ORISE participants to read and sign their FDA Education and Training Agreement within 30 days of his/her start date, setting forth the conditions and expectations for his/her educational appointment at the agency. This agreement covers such topics as the following:
The qualified candidate should be currently pursuing or have received a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.
Familiarity with maintaining and creating databases is desired.
For updated information regarding this opportunity please visit:
https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/FDA-CDER-2019-0447
]]>Looking to hire postdocs with expertise in biochemistry and protein purification/membrane proteins and interest in structural biology.
The lab is located at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland and has access to cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy equipment.
You can read more about the current research on the website: https://locherlab.ethz.ch/
The Stem Cell Program at Boston Children’s Hospital invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position. This position will be a joint appointment between Harvard University’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. Both are affiliated with the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. A secondary appointment will be held with the Department of Pediatrics.
Accomplished scientists with a demonstrated research interest in stem cells and regenerative biology/medicine will be given preference. This could include chromatin or transcriptional regulation, chemical biology, tissue regeneration, organoids, cancer or disease models.
New faculty will benefit from state-of-the-art research facilities, strong institutional and departmental commitment to career development, and a vibrant, collaborative research enterprise that brings together fundamental biology and medical science to create unique scientific and educational opportunities. The appointee will teach and mentor undergraduate, graduate and medical students, as well as postdoctoral research fellows.
Candidates must hold a PhD and/or MD degree. Appointments will be made at the academic rank of assistant professor, in accordance with the candidate’s experience and accomplishments. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. We strongly encourage applications from women and other underrepresented groups.
Applications must include: a current curriculum vitae, a description of current and proposed research plans, a teaching statement describing teaching approach and philosophy, and a statement describing efforts to encourage diversity, inclusion, and belonging, including past, current, and anticipated future contributions in these areas. Publications or copies of creative works, if applicable.
For more information or to apply, please access the following link:
https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9200
The deadline for submission is October 15, 2019.
Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
For administrative questions, please contact Julie Nolan-Young at julie.nolan- young@childrens.harvard.edu.