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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

The Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory (GISBL) (https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/gisbl/index.cfm ) within the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is recruiting a Tenure-Track Investigator in the area of genomic maintenance, DNA replication, DNA repair, and/or DNA recombination. The successful candidate is expected to lead an innovative, independent research program exploring the mechanisms of genome integrity, and how these processes are impacted in human disease in the context of environmental stressors. The NIEHS is in the Research Triangle Park (RTP), a world-renowned research center in North Carolina with high quality of life indicators. Investigators in the NIH intramural program (https://oir.nih.gov/ ) have no formal teaching duties and minimal administrative responsibilities. They are funded internally with the potential for long-term continuous support. In exchange, they are expected to engage directly in the conduct of high impact research with students, postdoctoral fellows and support staff, and to collaborate with their colleagues to solve important scientific problems related to the NIEHS mission. Excellent start-up funds, salary, and benefits packages will be provided to the selected applicant, who will also have access to state-of-the-art research core facilities and computational resources.
(https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/facilities/index.cfm ).

Applicants should have a Ph.D., M.D. and/or equivalent doctoral degree with at least 3 years of postdoctoral research experience and an outstanding publication record. The emphasis will be on identifying an exceptional scientist with an innovative and productive research program. Applications from women and under-represented minorities are highly encouraged. Appointees may be U.S. citizens, resident aliens, or non-resident aliens with, or eligible to obtain, a valid employment-authorization visa.

Review of applications will begin on February 6, 2023. Interested candidates should submit materials as one combined PDF via email to Bonnie Earnhardt at int-appls@niehs.nih.gov . All emails should include vacancy number AC1556 in the subject line. 

A complete application package must include:

• Cover Letter
• Full Curriculum Vitae with Bibliography
• Research Statement (Please include a 3–4-page description of your past accomplishments and your future research goals.)
• One-page Diversity Statement. Please include a description of your mentoring and outreach activities, especially those involving women and persons from racial/ethnic or other groups that are underrepresented in biomedical research, and your commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
• In addition, you must arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to int-appls@niehs.nih.gov . Letters should be on official letterhead when possible and signed. Referees must include the applicant’s name and vacancy number AC1556 in the email subject line.
  Incomplete or paper applications will not be accepted or evaluated.

The NIH is dedicated to building a community in its training and employment programs and encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.