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Placement Opportunities Neuroscience History Resources

This is a nonevaluative list of placement opportunities, compiled from World Wide Web sites, listserv postings, e-mail messages and printed sources, for the convenience of historians of neuroscience. The list is not comprehensive, nor does it imply the endorsement of the mentioned organizations or institutions. The accuracy of individual postings -- especially closing dates -- is not guaranteed; applicants should check with the cited organization or institution for up-to-date details. Corrections and additional entries are welcomed.

Employment Opportunities

POSITION	EMPLOYER	CLOSING DATE
Professor (Science and Technology Studies)	Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur la Science de l'Universite Louis Pasteur (GERSULP) University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France	Not available [preliminary announcement 1 January 1999]
Museum Curator (PhD, History of Medicine or related field)	Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, D.C., USA	Not available [announced 28 January 1999]
Associate Director for Historical Collections	Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA	1 March 1999
Research Fellow (Asst./Assoc. Professor level)	Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin, Germany	1 March 1999

Fellowships, Internships and Postdocs

POSITION	INSTITUTION / ORGANIZATION	CLOSING DATE
Mellon Resident Research Fellowship	American Antiquarian Society Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	1 March 1999
Visiting research fellowships	The Bakken Library and Museum Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	1 March 1999
Postdoctoral Fellowships	Center for History of Recent Science George Washington University Washington, D.C., USA	1 March 1999
Postdoctoral Fellowships (2) (1999-2001) (Research group: "The Moral Authority of Nature")	Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin, Germany	1 March 1999
Postdoctoral Fellowship (1999-2001) (History of science)	Department of History University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California, USA	30 March 1999
DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Fellowship in the History of 20th-Century Biomedical Research and Technology	NIH Historical Office and DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA	15 December (annual)

Links to Related Resources

• The Chronicle of Higher Education Job Openings
  
  
• GrantsNet: Funding Opportunities for Training in the Biological and Medical Sciences
  
  
• History of Science Society Employment and Research Opportunities
  
  
• History of Science Society Fellowships, Grants, and Prize Competitions
  
  
• H-Net's Job Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences [includes positions in History of Science/Medicine/Technology]