Although experts in many fields are eligible, special attention is being paid to environment specialists, including those working on cleanup of defense facilities. The ITA will interview and recommend eligible interns to companies. The U.S. firms will be expected to provide the interns with a hands-on, nonacademic executive training program designed to maximize their exposure to management or commercially oriented scientific operations. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as they are received, subject to the availability of funds. Proposals may involve animal models as well as human subjects, but a focus on studies in human populations is encouraged.
Multidisciplinary research is also especially welcome.
HIV, opportunistic infections in AIDS patients, Lyme disease, and tuberculosis are excluded from this solicitation. The next program deadline is October 1.