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Eligibility and Application

Citizenship

A Fellow must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment. To assure that this will not be a problem, we expect that Fellows already meet eligibility requirements at the time their applications are submitted. A non-citizen national is a person who although not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the U.S. They are generally persons born in lands which are not States, but are under U.S. sovereignty, jurisdiction, or administration, for example American Samoa. An individual lawfully admitted for permanent residence must submit a notarized statement upon activation of the award, indicating possession of the alien registration receipt card (I-151 or I-551). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible for support from the NRSA.

Period of Appointment

While appointments are necessarily made for one-year periods, it is expected that training periods will ordinarily be for at least two years. For the NIDA T32 the second year appointment for the 08-09 year is pending funding of the competitive renewal. In January of the first year of appointment, the Center's training committee reviews progress of individual Fellows. At that time it is determined if the fellowship will be continued into the second year.

Under various circumstances the Fellow may wish to choose to continue his/her training program for a third year. In such instances the Fellow will submit an application describing his/her progress to-date and plans for what is to be accomplished in the third year of training. The training committee decides on these applications in February of the second year. Often, one or two second year Fellows continue into a third year of training. NIH allows a maximum of three years of training at the post-doctoral level.

Payback Provisions

Trainees in the first twelve months of postdoctoral NRSA support will incur one month of obligation for each month of support. Trainees in the 13th and subsequent months of NRSA support will incur no further obligation. Furthermore, each month of training in the second year constitutes a month of payback. Consequently, completion of two years of training fulfills the one-year payback requirement and no other service is required. (If a Fellow were to leave at the end of the first year of training he/she would have incurred one year of training payback requirement. This has ordinarily been satisfied by teaching or research activities that add up to a year's subsequent employment).

Application Procedures

Before making a formal application, applicants may discuss their plans with the training program director. They are also encouraged to communicate with faculty who would be potential research mentors for their proposed work and career plans. While a personal or telephone interview is not required, it is strongly recommended.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled or the search is closed.

The following materials must be submitted as a complete package:

1. The APPLICATION form.
2. A current curriculum vitae.
3. A preliminary proposal of the work planned for the appointment period, and the designation of one or more potential faculty research sponsors. This proposal is not regarded as a work commitment. Rather, it is used by the admissions committee as a statement of the particular areas of interest and expertise of the applicant, as well as an example of the applicant's approach to research problems.
4. One or two self-selected writings representative of the applicant's highest quality work.
5. Three letters of reference in signed/sealed envelopes.
6. For those who have been in graduate school within the past five years, graduate transcripts are also to be sent.

Mail to:

Admissions Committee
Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
Brown University
Box G-S121-4
Providence, RI 02912

For Express Mail requiring a street address:

Admissions Committee
Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
Brown University
121 South Main St., 4th Floor
Providence, RI 02903

Evaluation, Acceptance and Notification of Admissions Decisions

An admissions committee, appointed by Brown's Dean of Medicine, reviews all completed applications. The admissions committee is comprised of the training co-directors and other selected members of the training program.

The admissions committee reviews applications and selects successful applicants on the basis of: (1) their potential to contribute to the field of alcohol and other drug abuse treatment and intervention research, and (2) the degree to which the Brown training program is likely to assist the successful applicant in developing his/her full potential to contribute to the field. Brown is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Members of ethnic minorities are urged to apply.