Stanford Medicine Children's Health Center for Pediatric IBD & Celiac Disease
Postdoc and Early Career Support

• All applicants must have, or plan on, having a focus on pediatric IBD and celiac disease research.
• All applicants and their Primary Research Mentor must be MCHRI Members.
• A Primary Research Mentor must be identified for postdoctoral fellows and instructors.
• All applicants must have legal residence in the United States (Applicants with H or J visas are eligible).
• All applicants must have a postdoctoral or instructor appointment date effective no later than the application deadline.
• The following are not eligible:
  • Clinical Instructors
  • Clinician Educators (CEs)
  • Visiting scholars to Stanford
  • Senior Research Scientists, Research Associates/Assistants
  • Former recipients of MCHRI/PRF/LPFCH-sponsored awards who have not complied with award/reporting requirements. Mentor or applicants who have overdraft(s) in previous awards that are not cleared prior to applying are not eligible.

This grant provides salary support, including fringe benefits, for postdoctoral fellows and instructors in support of a specific project related to maternal and/or child health with a focus on pediatric IBD and celiac disease research. Medical fellows (MD or equivalent) training in a clinical fellowship program should not apply through this funding mechanism. 

• Eligibility is for all PhD postdoctoral fellows and MD and/or PhD instructors. Clinical instructors are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants who completed a first post-doctoral fellowship at an institution not affiliated with Stanford University and wish to pursue a second post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University in a scientific area different from their first post-doctoral fellowship are eligible.
• Postdoc projects resulting in a shift from adjacent research to pediatric IBD and celiac disease research in the mentor’s lab, are encouraged.
• Instructors applying for this funding mechanism are required to submit a signed letter of support from the department chair or division chief.
• Resubmissions shall be limited to one.
• Funding for year two is not guaranteed and subject to review of progress and career plans and documentation of the awardee’s application for external funding. 

The primary research mentor must be a MCHRI Member and one of the following:

• MD, MD/PhD, or PhD whose primary focus is maternal and/or child health research.
• MD, MD/PhD, or PhD who wishes to expand his/her interest in maternal and/or child health research.
• The mentor should be at the Assistant Professor rank or above with a track record as a research mentor.