Opportunities in the Government and Military

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Career Opportunities in the U.S. Military
Government A Scientist Prospective
Robert Carter III, Ph.D., M.P.H. US Army Captain,
Medical Service Corps Research Physiologist robert
.carteriii_at_us.army.mil
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• Objectives
• Why Work for the Military and Government?
• Where in Government are Scientists
• Employed?
• Where in the Military are Scientists Employed?
• What are the Challenges and Rewards?

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The government organizations think of the
postdoc period as a training period, and support
training through institutional programs David
Gottesman - NIH Intramural Research Deputy
Director

• NCI
• NIH
• Livermore Lab
• Naval Research Lab
• NIEHS

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• Scientists in Government
• National Laboratories
• Lovelace, Lawrence Livermore
• National Institutes of Health
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• USDA, NASA
• Indian Health Service
• Federal Departments and Agencies

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• National Research Council
• Federal Laboratories
• Postdoctoral and Senior Scientist Fellowships

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• Scientists in Government
• Laboratory Scientists
• Grants Administrators
• Science Policy
• Technology Transfer
• Information Technology Specialist

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• Scientists in Government
• Websites of Agencies (NIH)
• http//www.usajobs.opm.gov/
• http//www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html

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• Scientists Within the Military

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• Scientists Within the Military
• DoD Civilians
• Uniformed Officers
• Contractors
• National Research Council Fellows
• Public Health Service Officers
• Other Governmental Agencies

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• Scientists Within the Military
• Naval, Army, and Air Force Medical Centers
• Specialty Laboratories
• Infectious Disease, Naval Submarine Lab, Surgical
  Research, WRAIR
• Industry
• Military Academies, Medical School
• National Institutes of Health
• Armed Forces Radiobiology Laboratory

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Scientists Within the Military
Central America
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Scientists within the Military
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• Scientists within the Military
• Government Service Application (DoD)
• National Research Council (Fellowships)
• http//www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships
• Commissioned Officers (HC Recruiters)
• DoD
• Public Health Service Corps

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• Career Challenges in Military or Government?
• Grant Writing Experience
• NIH Grant Writing Workshops
• Proposals, STO Funding
• Academic Flexibility
• Collaboration, Publishing
• Inventions, Security Issues

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• Career Challenges in Military or Government?
• Change Duty Assignments (Active Duty Military)
• Foreign Postdocs / Scientists
• Security (Post 9/11)
• Citizenship Issues
• Mission or Objective Oriented

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• Careers Rewards in Military or Government?
• Job Security
• Intramural Funding
• No Teaching Responsibilities
• Travel Adventure
• Field Research
• Airborne
• Combat

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• Careers Rewards in Military or Government?
• Benefits
• Insurance
• Pension and Retirement Plans
• Leadership Experience
• Patriotism

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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead
where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson