This one-year multidisciplinary fellowship specifically fosters interactions between researchers from diverse fields of science and medicine and supports post-doctoral investigators pursuing training in either basic or clinical research. It is offered in partnership with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Wellman Center for Photomedicine.

Application Information

How To Apply

Applications will be available at apply.optica.org

Important Dates

Opens 15 July 2024
Closes 16 September 2024

Applicant Requirements

• Select one or more positions available for the fellowship: 2025 Open Positions
• Hold a Ph.D., M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree  
• Be at the postdoctoral training level at the time of the award and within 5 years of completion of your degree, excluding breaks in a career timeline (e.g., eldercare, maternity or paternity leave)

Application Requirements

• Basic contact and education information
• Personal statement describing academic/professional background and interest in the fellowship – no more than 500 characters.
• CV/resume
• A 3- to 5-page research proposal in a field of biomedical optics, including specific aims, significance, innovation and approach.
  • The applicant is encouraged to develop the project after contacting and consulting with one or more prospective PIs at Wellman Center
  • A collaborative project involving more than one Wellman PI is particularly encouraged
  • A brief list of Wellman PIs and their research summaries is located in the application
• At least one and no more than two published technical papers or similar with personal contributions within the past 24 months in PDF format.
• Two letters of reference

Additional Information:  

• Non-US individuals are encouraged to apply
• Massachusetts General Hospital is an equal opportunity employer; women and minority applicants are encouraged to apply
• Fellows will receive a nontransferable, primary appointment at the MGH Wellman Center for Photomedicine
• If a fellow already has, or subsequently receives, other fellowship funding, he/she is eligible for the Deutsch funds only if the projects are different scientifically, permitted by the other sponsor and only to the extent that the combined stipend does not exceed the fellow’s institutional base stipend
• The program is intended for one year, with the opportunity for a no-cost extension if conditions allow
• Any remaining funds at the end of the fellowship period, or extension, will be forfeited

Recipients

2023-2024 DEUTSCH FELLOW

Bhaskara Rao Chintada

Harvard Medical School, USA

2022-2023 DEUTSCH FELLOW

Fernanda Viana Cabral

University of São Paulo, Brazil

2021-2022 DEUTSCH FELLOW

Danielle Harper

Wellman Center for Photomedicine, USA

2020-2021 DEUTSCH FELLOW

Markus Seeger

Technical University of Munich, Germany

2019-2020 DEUTSCH FELLOW

Vicente Parot

Harvard University, USA

2018-2019 DEUTSCH FELLOW

Yue Zhuo

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Contributors

This fellowship is endowed through donations from the Deutsch family, contributors from the optics and photonics community and a generous contribution from IPG Photonics.