August 30, 2004

Medical students, take note

Any budding medical researchers out there? NIH has a deal for you.

The NIH Loan Repayment Programs can repay up to $35,000 of qualified educational debt for health professionals pursuing careers in clinical, pediatric, contraception and infertility, or health disparities research. The programs also provide coverage for Federal and state tax liabilities.

Participants must possess a doctoral-level degree, devote 50% or more of their time to research funded by a non-profit organization or government entity (federal, state, or local), and have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20% of their institutional base salary. U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or U.S. nationals may apply.

Now that's using my tax dollars in a way I can support. Go here to apply.

In other news of use for the medical crowd, if you're interested in the current research on genetics, here's a website for you. It's from the Feds, and among other things it includes a legislative searchable database which

...currently focuses on the following subject areas: genetic testing and counseling; insurance and employment discrimination, newborn screening; privacy of genetic information and confidentiality; informed consent; and commercialization and patenting.

Now that might be a really useful tool.

Posted by Linkmeister at August 30, 2004 02:32 PM
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