Postdoctoral fellowships are critical components of most careers in science. At Children's Hospital, we provide the infrastructure and support that you will need to succeed in academics, industry and beyond.

The benefits and employment perks at Children's Hospital are highly competitive for postdoctoral fellows:

• Competitive Salaries - Maintained at the NIH NRSA levels
• Full Benefits Package - Equivalent to a CHOP employee (health/dental insurance, retirement, communter benefits, and more)
• Spouse/Partner/Family Benefits - Coverage for spouse, partner, or family
• Career/Professional Support - Provided by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the UPenn Biomedical Postdoctoral Program (BPP)

Learn more about the benefits of a CHOP fellowship

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The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs supports all medical fellows undertaking research as a part of their subspecialty training. Enrollment in fellowship training programs is administered by the Office of Fellowship Training.

Visit the Office of Fellowship Training Web site

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is not a degree granting institution, and does not have graduate programs. However, many University of Pennsylvania graduate students perform their thesis research at labs in Children's Hospital.

Visit the University of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) Web site

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute holds a number of institutional NIH T32 Training Grants. These grants provide a variable number of slots to support postdoctoral fellow, physician fellow and/or graduate student research. Appointment is often competitive.

Learn more about CHOP research training programs supported by NIH training grants

A wide variety of short term and summer research internships are available at Children's Hospital. Please input your information on the Internship Program Web site so that we can match your research interests with those of our investigators.

Visit the CHOP Research Institute Internship Program Web site

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Do you have other research interests not listed here? Additional opportunities are available, including open faculty positions, clinical research coordinator positions, and research technician positions, among others.

Visit the CHOP Job Search Tool