A subpar fellowship experience - Anonymous employee NIH Employee Review

2.0
Apr 27, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Intramural funding, office of intramural training and research, flexibility, full health care coverage, collaborations are possible from almost every area of biology and medicine

Cons

poor salary, research is subpar compared to most tier 1 research universities, lack of opportunities to write grants and peer review journals, lack of university experience

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