The University of Pennsylvania has established a career conversion training program for postdoctoral researchers in computational biology and bioinformatics funded by a National Institutes of Health Training Grant. Postdoctoral fellowship positions are available for qualified individuals wishing to undertake a Career Conversion Program. In this program, students with a PhD in the biological sciences obtain a M.S.E. in computer science in parallel with somewhat abbreviated post-doctoral training. This program is designed to take PhD biologists with the aptitude and desire through the full CIS M.S.E. program. The program is expected to take three years, at the end of which the student will have a M.S.E. in CIS and the equivalent of two years of post-doctoral training.
Funding is restricted to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.