For Researchers & Postdocs
Research Opportunities at NIST
GW has partnered with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish the GW Professional Research Experience Program, or GW-PREP. GW-PREP provides research opportunities at NIST to students, faculty, research staff, and postdoctoral researchers at GW as well as researchers at SURA-affiliated universities.
The NIST PREP program “provides valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to researchers at various stages of their studies and careers.” Financial assistance to PREP researchers for eligible students, staff, postdoctoral researchers and faculty includes a monthly stipend or hourly wage. For graduate students, this can also include full tuition reimbursement.
PREP researchers can be:
- Undergraduate students who work part-time and/or summers at NIST;
- Masters and PhD students, and postdoctoral scholars who collaborate with NIST and GW scientists on research projects;
- Domestic or international research staff, senior scientists, and sabbatical visitors who are interested in working closely with GW or NIST scientists;
- Bachelor’s and master's degree holders who work with NIST to prepare for positions in industry or a PhD program.
Collaborate With Us!
GW has more than 35+ chartered research institutes and a number of research initiatives aimed at tackling complex issues and new realities that revolve around climate change, artificial intelligence and more. Check out some of GW’s newer institutes and initiatives, which are open to substantive partnerships and collaborations.
Trustworthy AI in Law and Society
GW’s TRAILS institute is a multi-institutional effort supported by the National Science Foundation to develop new artificial intelligence technologies that promote trust and mitigate risks while empowering and educating the public.
Global Food Institute
A groundbreaking initiative co-founded with world-renowned chef José Andrés, GW’s Global Food Institute is working to transform people’s lives and the health of our planet through interdisciplinary research, teaching and policy.
Climate and Health Institute
GW’s Climate & Health Institute seeks new solutions to global health and equity challenges associated with climate change. CHI addresses those challenges through cross-disciplinary research, training and action, and through partnerships.
Alliance for a Sustainable Future
The Alliance leverages GW’s strengths in teaching, research, collaboration, communications and convening to tackle the threat of climate change. The Alliance welcomes partnerships with organizations committed to building a sustainable future.
Resources to Advance Your Research
Looking for resources to advance your research? Check out some of the resources below and click on the links to learn more.
- GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center
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The GWNIC integrates state-of-the-art microscopy instrumentation and a Class 100 cleanroom to advance research in engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, public health, medicine and biomedical sciences. The center’s ~5,000 sq. ft. cleanroom includes major instrument clusters for lithography, deposition, etching, measurement and characterization. GWNIC’s two imaging suites host the latest light, confocal and electron microscopes, with sample preparation equipment and services also available. GWNIC is available for external academic, industrial and governmental researchers.
- National Chimpanzee Brain Resource
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The NCBR advances research through the collection and distribution of chimpanzee neuroimaging data and postmortem brain tissue. The NCBR site also serves as a portal to access brain atlas tools, data repository, publications, links and more to other chimpanzee brain resources and datasets on the internet. GW operates NCBR in partnership with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center. NCBR is supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
- GW Biorepository
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The GW Biorepository is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art resource of biospecimens and clinical data design to help today’s leading investigators facilitate their research on HIV/AIDS and cancer. The biorepository houses the AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR), a National Cancer Institute-supported initiative to procure, store, and equitably distribute samples from People Living with HIV (PLWH) and cancer. The administrative, financial, and technical leadership of the ACSR is at GW, which has oversight of the ACSR's five Regional Biospecimen Repositories (RBRS), which includes the site at GW as well as sites at the University of California at San Francisco, University of Arizona, Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
The ACSR offers a Letter of Intent program that provides eligible investigators (outside the respective institutions that house each RBR) with specimens, clinical annotation, and technical guidance for their approved projects on PLWH with cancer.
The GW Biorepository also houses the AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) Biorepository Program, an NCI-funded initiative that supports sample processing, storage, and distribution in support of AMC clinical trials. The GW ACSR oversees AMC Biorepository Units in Cape Town, South Africa, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, which provide biorepository support for AMC clinical trials in these regions. And recently, the GW ACSR was charged with oversight of the ANCHOR Biorepository at the University of Arizona. The ANCHOR Biorepository is a protocol-specific AMC Biorepository that houses over half a million samples from the Anal Cancer HSIL Outcomes Research study, which included PLWH and cancer prescriptions.
As HIV-associated cancers are considered rare diseases, the GW Biorepository will often fund a researcher with a few samples as a pilot study to determine if the proposed assays will work; and, if they work, then the biorepository will send more specimens, or stop and help a researcher troubleshoot the assay. The GW Biorepository thus provides technological and informatics support to researchers, enabling them to sustain the biorepository so that many users can access these samples.
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