• U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or a national of the United States
• Graduate or post-graduate with academic degree(s) in microbiology, public health, medicine (human or veterinary), or other allied sciences (industrial hygiene, engineering, etc.)
• Microbiology and/or research laboratory experience combined with excellent professional performance
• Outstanding personal, professional, and academic recommendations
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in the English language (for non-native English speakers)
• Meets all requirements established under federal regulations & policies necessary to work with Select Agents
• Excellent employment history
• Participates in academic, professional and/or civic organizations
• Committed to the mission and vision of the NBBTP

• Submit to on-going personnel reliability screening assessments
• Submit all required application materials, including references and academic credentials, by the stated deadline.
• Must be willing to relocate to the Bethesda, MD area for two years.
• Must be able to travel to participate in multi-week assignments.

• Please submit at least three and no more than five letters of recommendation to the NBBTP Program Office. The NBBTP Program Office considers letters of recommendation as part of its assessment process. There are three types of references that are required: personal, professional and academic.
• Personal Recommendations can be submitted by a friend, relative or other personal reference. The personal recommendation is a recommendation of the personal qualities that makes you who you are.
• Professional Recommendations are from an employer, principal investigator or co-worker with knowledge of your work performance and ethics.
• Academic Recommendations submitted by former professors, academic advisors and/or deans.

• Academic history, with specialty or focus in the life sciences
• Research history and experience (if applicable)
• Employment history
• Participation in professional, academic, and/or civic associations
• Oral communication
• Written communication
• Interpersonal and Team building skills

The NBBTP initial stipend is $32,500 for post-baccalaureate and post-graduate Fellows. Those Fellows who hold a PhD/post-doctorate title will receive a stipend dependent upon the applicants qualifications and the NIH�s Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA). Contact info@nbbtp.org or the NBBTP Fellowship Project Director at 678-781-5251 for more information.

All Fellows must have adequate health insurance coverage to receive training in NIH facilities. This requirement may be satisfied by a policy held either in the Fellow�s name or in another's name with the Fellow identified as a family member. Verification of health benefit enrollment is required.

Health insurance is available through the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES). FAES coverage requires that Fellows be on a training schedule of at least 32 hours per week for a minimum duration of 90 days. Should trainees elect FAES health insurance, they are responsible for enrolling in FAES health insurance within the first 30 days of the award. Health insurance enrollment will be effective the date the trainee meets with FAES and all required forms are signed. Fellows must maintain an existing policy or purchase a personal policy until they have met with FAES and elected health insurance.

Funds for individual or family FAES' fee-for-service Preferred Provider Option health insurance are provided by the Frontline Foundation at the direction of the Fellow. For a non-FAES policy, Frontline Foundation will pay or reimburse for a policy issued in the Fellow�s name in an amount not to exceed that of the FAES' fee-for-service Preferred Provider Option, individual or family coverage, as appropriate. Sufficient documentation verifying health insurance coverage and documenting health insurance costs are required when using a non-FAES policy.