Mazumdar-Shaw Fellowship Overview - The David H. Koch Institute ...
Mazumdar-Shaw Fellowship Overview - The David H. Koch Institute ...
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Mazumdar</strong>-<strong>Shaw</strong> International Oncology Fellows Program<br />
To capture these opportunities, MIT has established the <strong>Mazumdar</strong>-<strong>Shaw</strong> International<br />
Oncology Fellows Program: a high-impact, bilateral collaboration with India focusing on<br />
cancer research training as its cornerstone. <strong>The</strong> aim of the <strong>Mazumdar</strong>-<strong>Shaw</strong> International<br />
Oncology Fellows Program is to help raise a new generation of cancer researchers in India<br />
whose careers and professional networks will be increasingly global. <strong>The</strong> broader mission is to<br />
build India’s position as an intellectual hub for oncology research from which significant<br />
advances are expected to emerge. This <strong>Fellowship</strong> program offers opportunities for<br />
postdoctoral scientists, engineers, and physicians to undertake cancer research at the <strong>Koch</strong><br />
<strong>Institute</strong> for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, working at the interfaces between<br />
biology/medicine and the diverse fields of mathematics, engineering, computer science, and<br />
the physical and chemical sciences.<br />
Candidates will be expected to identify an important biomedical research question and to<br />
propose a project to extend their research interests and abilities. After their <strong>Fellowship</strong>,<br />
candidates will be expected to continue their research and share the benefit of their MIT<br />
training within an Indian host institution.<br />
What’s Included: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Mazumdar</strong>-<strong>Shaw</strong> International Oncology Fellows Program provides<br />
funding for:<br />
• A two year full-time postdoctoral research fellowship within the <strong>Koch</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> at MIT<br />
• Travel expenses to India for the researcher and a <strong>Koch</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> faculty advisor to share their<br />
research with colleagues with Indian peer institutions in India.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Fellowship</strong> is awarded with the expectation that the Fellows will subsequently continue<br />
their research in India. This funding will need to be secured separately from a host institution.<br />
<strong>Mazumdar</strong>-<strong>Shaw</strong> International Oncology Fellows will have extensive opportunities for<br />
substantive engagement with the KI research community, the larger Boston-area research<br />
community, and other postdoctoral researchers at MIT. At the KI, the Fellows will be<br />
encouraged to:<br />
• Collaborate with other researchers from within the <strong>Koch</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>’s 26 intramural and 23<br />
extramural faculty labs and from across MIT<br />
• Participate in a range of KI- and lab-sponsored programs, activities, and events<br />
• Attend regular lab meetings, weekly KI-sponsored research forums and seminars, projectspecific<br />
research retreats, and the annual KI research retreat.<br />
Beyond MIT, the Fellows will have the opportunity to:<br />
• Attend seminars sponsored by the many member hospitals of Dana Farber Harvard Cancer<br />
Center in the Boston area<br />
• Take advantage of MIT’s relationship with the larger life sciences, biomedical, and<br />
engineering communities in the Boston area.<br />
At MIT, the Fellows will be part of a dynamic academic community that includes over 800