Postdoctoral training is a key step toward establishing one’s own lab or moving onto high level positions in industry and academia. The Wistar Institute is committed to training postdoctoral scientists to engage in rigorous, high-quality research in their pursuit of bettering human health. A recognized national and international presence, Wistar is a research institute that engages with innovative science in the most creative and impactful ways. We attract imaginative scientists who want to take risks and provide them with a place to delve into science at its fundamental level through our internationally recognized basic research programs. Our Principal Investigators provide expert mentorship and our collaborations with institutions worldwide create valuable research networks available for our postdoctoral researchers.
Learn more about our postdoctoral programs below.
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Our postdoctoral fellows have gone on to highly successful careers at major academic institutions as well as many pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
The Cotswold Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship was established for recent Ph.D. graduates from around the world who want to investigate pressing questions in cancer research or immunology at The Wistar Institute.