The application for the 2025 Cotswold Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship is now open. The deadline to apply is September 30, 2024 at 4:59 p.m.

Two awards will be given this year. Proposals should be submitted electronically through the Drexel University Funding Portal.

Submit your Application (available May 1, 2024)           Download the Application

The Cotswold Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship is intended to foster the career development of postdoctoral researchers at Drexel University who are pursuing a career in academic research and are seeking long-term employment at a US educational and/or research institution. The fellowship will provide $60,000 for one year and Cotswold Postdoctoral Fellows will also augment instruction at Drexel University by providing additional teaching resources in a key scientific, engineering, or clinical field.

Eligibility

• Postdocs in formal, physical, life and applied sciences are eligible to apply
• Foreign nationals in postdoctoral roles at Drexel are encouraged to apply
• The applicant should have completed at least one full year of postdoctoral fellowship (either at Drexel or prior to joining Drexel) at the time of the application deadline on September 30, 2024
• Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or their equivalent: MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM within the last five years
• The fellowship will start on January 1, 2025 and end on December 31, 2025
• Cotswold Foundation Postdoctoral Fellows will submit two progress reports due on June 30, 2024 and December 15, 2025.

Information Session

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is hosting an information session for you and your mentors and will answer your questions. The information session will be recorded and shared with registrants.

Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Time: 12 – 1 p.m.
Location: Zoom
RSVP: Register in advance for this meeting at https://drexel.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuce2grDsrGd2dwjLels9x0hQNx3DAQFqE
Audience: Postdocs and their mentors

Past Recipients

2024

Dr. Opeyemi Babajide (Mentor: Alex Ezeh, PhD)
Urban Health Collaborative
Dornsife School of Public Health
Project: “The Impact of The Social Determinants of Health on Disparities in Maternal Health for African Immigrant Women in Philadelphia”

Dr. Biplab Sarkar (Mentor: Christopher B. Rodell, PhD)
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Project: “Localized regulation of the innate immune response in the context of ischemic heart failure”

2023

Dr. Chetan Sharma (Mentor: Jonathan Deutsch, PhD)
Food and Hospitality Management, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Project: "Aroma as a Capacity to Mellow the Feeling of Disgust”

Dr. Ruocun (John) Wang (Mentor: Yury Gogotsi, PhD, DSc, Drhc)
Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Project: "Investigating Simultaneous Hydrogen Production and Storage in Mxenes”

2022

Emanuela Piermarini, PhD (Mentor: Peter Baas, PhD)
Neurobiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
Project: "Gene therapy approach for SPG4-based Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia"

Hua Zhang, PhD (Mentor: Karen Miu, PhD)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Project: "High Efficiency Medium Voltage Power Conversion Technology Leveraging the Next Generation Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Grid Integration"

Stephanie Matt, PhD (Mentor: Peter Gaskill, PhD)
Pharmacology and Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
Project: "Epigenetic regulation of dopamine induced by substance abuse and HIV-associated neuroinflammation"

Josiah Kephart, PhD, MPH (Mentor: Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH)
Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health
Project: "The impacts of climate-related extreme flood events on health and health disparities in Latin American cities"

2021

Dr. Pricila Mullachery
Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health
Project: “The relationship between state-level Medicaid policies and access to treatment for substance use disorders”

Dr. Karolina Bryl
Creative Arts Therapies, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Project: “COVID-19, social isolation, and schizophrenia: A mixed-methods feasibility study on the effects of telehealth dance/movement therapy to promote activation in chronic schizophrenia”

2020

Dr. Paakhi Srivastava
Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Project: “The BODY+ Study: Using Just-in-time, Adaptive Interventions (JITAI) to Address Body Dissatisfaction in Bulimia Nervosa”

Dr. Victor Rovira Zambrana
Neurobiology and Anatomy, College of Medicine
Project: “Involvement of Dorsal Rot Ganglia nociceptors phenotypic switch in the development of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury”

Dr. Ipsita Mohanty
Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine
Project: “Role of AT1R-integrin signaling in hypertension and chronic kidney disease development in elastin insufficiency”

Dr. Xuehang Wang
Material Sciences, College of Engineering
Project: “Electrochemical energy storage in 2D materials”

2019 – Inaugural Fellow

Dr. Diana Norden
Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Project: “Spinal cord injury-induced deficits in antiviral immunity: the role of sTNF”