The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Academic Collaboration Program (CACP) is sponsoring an educational program in collaboration with the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, the University of Florida (UF) and Arizona State University (ASU) aimed at attracting scientists and health professionals to the FDA/CDER.
These programs provide participants with two years of advanced graduate education at the masters or doctorate (PhD) level designed to advance scientific training and analysis involved in the safety and regulatory decisions unique to FDA/CDER’s mission.
The partnership will plan to admit up to 20 recent graduates or professionals from the health or related sciences programs annually in the Masters or PhD program within UF’s Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (POP) or ASU's College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI) Master of Science in Regulatory Science and Health Safety (RSHS). Students selected for these programs will be full-time students at UF or ASU as well as active duty Commissioned Corps officers.
Selected participants receive:
In return, the student must agree to work for FDA/CDER for two years for each year of paid tuition as a USPHS Commissioned Corps officer.
Qualification/Application Process
In order to be enrolled in the program all applicants must apply and qualify to be commissioned into the USPHS Commissioned Corps in addition to being accepted into the UF’s POP or ASU's RSHS programs. It is highly recommended that candidates apply to both the USPHS and to UF's POP or ASU's RSHS program simultaneously.
Acceptance into the United States Public Health Service
Candidates must apply and qualify to receive a commission in the USPHS prior to the beginning of the program.
To qualify for this program in the Commissioned Corps, candidates must:
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be less than 44 years of age (unless prior service)
- Be medically qualified
- Have a favorable suitability/security investigation
- Have a qualifying degree or a higher degree from an accredited institution (varies depending on occupation).
For more information on the USPHS please visit the USPHS Commissioned Corps web site.
To inquire about applying to the USPHS please contact LCDR Carlos Bell at CDERCommissionedCorpsJobs@fda.hhs.gov.
Acceptance into UF’s POP Program
Candidates will also need to apply and be accepted into the Masters or PhD program in the University of Florida Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (POP).
More information on the UF's POP program and how to apply.
Acceptance into ASU's Regulatory Science and Health Safety (RSHS) Program
Candidates will also need to apply and be accepted into the Masters program in Arizona State University's College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI), Master of Science in Regulatory Science and Health Safety (RSHS).
More information on ASU's RSHS program and how to apply.
General questions regarding the USPHS application process for the CDER Academic Collaboration Program at the University of Florida or Arizona State University should be directed to LCDR Carlos Bell at CDERCommissionedCorpsJobs@fda.hhs.gov.
For specific programming questions, please contact:
CAPT Greg Wood at Greg.Wood@fda.hhs.gov about FDA’s CACP
Dr. Almut Winterstein at Almut@cop.ufl.edu about UF’s POP Program
Dr. Sandra L. Shire at Sandra.Shire@asu.edu about ASU's RSHS Program
**Please note that at this time we are not able to offer this opportunity to those already holding a commission in the USPHS.**