[Job-offers-cs] Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience

[Pekka Orponen]

Overview

The /Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and 
Neuroscience/ is a three-year fellowship program that aims to:

**·**Integrate data scientists in neuroscience research
**·**Challenge traditional approaches to neuroscience
**·**Provide multidisciplinary, multi-organizational co-mentorship
**·**Provide a network and community

**·**Support career development in data science

The fellowship is co-hosted by the Allen Institute and the University of 
Washington (through the eScience Institute and the Computational 
Neuroscience Center) and is directed by Dr. Christof Koch at the Allen 
Institute.

*Neuroscience needs data scientists.* The brain represents one of the 
most complex challenges facing science today. And now with advances in 
our methods to study the brain-Neuropixel probes that can record from 
1000 neurons at once, growing consensus on data standards across 
laboratories-the field is flooded with data that needs interpretation. 
The skills of data scientists are essential to springboard the field to 
the next stage of discoveries.

Towards that end, the Shanahan Foundation Fellowship was created to 
bring fresh perspectives into the field, encouraging data scientists 
from outside neuroscience to come and work with leading investigators at 
the Allen Institute and UW.

The Allen Institute is unique in its infrastructure and pipeline that 
enables the production of standardized, reproducible data on the brain 
(as evidenced by our vast */data banks/* 
<http://www.brain-map.org/>*/)/*. Together with our collaborators at the 
UW computational Neuroscience Center and eScience Institute, we provide 
data scientists with the ideal opportunity and resources to mine for 
novel insights and discoveries.



  Details

*You do not need experience in neuroscience to apply. *The goal of the 
fellowship is to provide opportunities to non-traditional applicants who 
would not typically be funded by the typical postdoctoral fellowships in 
neuroscience. The fellowship has been purposefully designed to give 
fellows the time and mentorship to get up to speed in a new field and 
new data collection techniques and methods*.*

Fellows will be employed by the Allen Institute as either a Scientist I 
or a Scientist II (with a matching salary) and will receive an affiliate 
postdoctoral appointment at UW.

During the three-year fellowship, fellows will identify a mentor at the 
Allen Institute, where the fellows will be based. Fellows will select a 
co-mentor at the University of Washington who will provide additional 
guidance on a project designed by the fellow, focused on quantitative 
analysis of neuroscience data available through the Allen Institute's 
vast data banks <http://www.brain-map.org/> – ranging from molecular, 
genomic, transcriptional, physiological, morphological, anatomical and 
functional whole-brain level in the brains of mice, non-human primates 
and humans – or through ongoing laboratory work.  Each fellow will have 
the opportunity to mentor a fully-funded UW undergraduate or 
postbaccalaureate research assistant who helps with their research for 
3-12 months.

Fellows will participate in the postdoctoral career development program 
at the University's /e-Science Institute/ and the /UW Computational 
Neuroscience Center/. The eSciences Institute offers regular workshops 
on key topics including cloud computing, python and reproducibility. New 
fellows will attend the annual Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain 
<https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/events-training/summer-workshop-dynamic-brain/> where 
they will learn how to apply data science skills to neuroscience data 
and questions. Throughout the three years, fellows will be supported in 
developing a network in the neuroscience field and sharing their 
progress with peers at conferences. Up to three fellows will be selected 
to begin in Fall 2022.


  Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be data scientists in a broad sense, with a Ph.D. in a 
quantitative field such as computer science, statistics, electrical 
engineering, physics, mathematics or biology with a background in 
statistical, computational and machine learning methods. Ph.D.'s should 
have been awarded in the last 3 years.

One goal of the fellowship is to build a network of collaborators, as 
such, priority will be given to applicants who are not currently 
postdoctoral fellows or scientists at the University of Washington or 
the Allen Institute.

We believe high-quality science can only be produced when it includes 
different perspectives. We are building an environment of diversity and 
inclusion and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for this 
fellowship.


  Application Instructions

For full consideration, please submit your application by February 1, 
2022. Applications may continue to be considered after this deadline on 
a rolling basis until positions are filled.

Learn more and apply on the Shanahan Fellowship Website 
<https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/careers/shanahan-foundation-fellowship/>.

alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/careers/... 
<https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/careers/shanahan-foundation-fellowship/>

Applications must include:

**·**A curriculum vitae from the applicant
**·**Two letters of support from advisors and other mentors
**·**A one-page personal statement from the applicant describing their 
history, activities, and interests as an individual (especially those 
outside of science) which may give the committee a greater sense of you 
as a person and your ability to simultaneously interact with and 
challenge traditional scientific fields.
**·**A two- to three-page research statement from the applicant 
describing their prior research, interests in applying data science to 
the field of neuroscience, potential research interests (including tools 
they are familiar with) and how this fellowship aligns with their career 
goals.

**·**The choice of the final advisor/co-advisor will be accomplished 
during the first year of this fellowship.


Questions? Email: shanahan.fellow at alleninstitute.org

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