The Commissioner’s Fellowship Program: Fostering Scientific Talent at FDA - from FDA Voice

As the May 25th application deadline for the Commissioner’s Fellowship Program rapidly approaches, it’s time to acknowledge the tremendous contributions our Fellows and their FDA mentors have made in support of FDA’s Advancing Regulatory Science effort. I also want to highlight the opportunities the Fellowship Program offers health care professionals, scientists, and engineers who may not have considered FDA in planning their career path.

FDA launched the Fellowship Program in October 2008 to achieve three essential goals: to attract outstanding scientists who could tackle Center-selected and targeted research or regulatory issues, to train these scientists in regulatory science, and to help build our scientific staff. Since then, FDA has graduated 48 Fellows from the class of 2008 and 50 from the class of 2009. The class of 2010 will graduate this coming Sept. 25th.

This two-year program is open to scientists and medical professionals with doctoral level degrees, although we also welcome applicants with a bachelor’s in an engineering discipline. Fellows pursue a rigorous regulatory science curriculum and conduct research that addresses a scientific or regulatory gap, under the mentorship of an FDA senior scientist.

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