Working at Janelia

•   Operations Positions

  
•   Laboratory Heads

  
•   Opportunities with Janelia Farm Service Providers

  

Whether you're in a lab or serving another important role, working at Janelia Farm means collaborating with colleagues who are creative, passionate about their work, and dedicated to getting results. And Janelia Farm itself—a beautiful and first-class research campus—is literally like no other facility in the world. On top of that, we are part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the world's leading institutions in biomedical research.

"The HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus will provide a unique environment for basic biomedical research."

-- Gerald M. Rubin,
Vice President and Director

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HHMI is committed to providing outstanding employment opportunities, at all levels, for women and members of racial and ethnic groups traditionally underrepresented in the biomedical sciences.

The benefits of working at Janelia Farm are surpassed only by the possibilities of what you can accomplish by working here. Come join us!

• OPERATIONS POSITIONS

  Visit www.hhmi.org/jobs for a complete list of operational staff positions available at Janelia. Positions range from administration to lab assistant to information technology.

  At the HHMI jobs site, click on "State" and then "Virginia"

   

• LABORATORY HEADS

  We invite applications from biochemists, biologists, chemists, computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, neurobiologists and physicists who are passionate in their pursuit of important problems in basic scientific and technical research. We encourage applications from scientists at all career stages: from those just finishing their graduate degrees to senior, established scientists.

  We will make appointments at one of two levels:

  • FELLOWS

    Fellows are independent scientists with labs of up to two additional members. Appointments are for five years.

  • GROUP LEADERS

    Group leaders are independent scientists, similar to HHMI investigators, with labs of up to six additional members. The initial appointment is for six years. Thereafter, group leaders will be reviewed for reappointment every five years.

  There are two application deadlines per year and the next are: July 15 and December 15, 2009.

  Apply here

  All laboratories are internally funded without extramural grants. Lab heads have no formal teaching duties and minimal administrative responsibilities. They are expected to engage in the direct conduct of research and in intellectual interaction with their colleagues. Individual research groups are limited in size, comprising postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and technicians. Janelia Farm hosts conferences; group leaders are encouraged to organize meetings in their areas of interest.

  • POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

    Completed applications reviewed regularly

    Postdoctoral associates work in the laboratory of a Janelia Farm group leader or fellow. Appointments are reviewed annually and may be renewed a maximum of four times (maximum of five years in residence). Applications must be made to specific group leaders or fellows.

    Meet the Group Leaders and Fellows

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  Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Janelia Farm Research Campus has contracted with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, to provide the following services:

  • Shipping and Receiving

  • Mailroom

  • Stockroom and supply services

  • Glassware Wash