Pre and Postdoctoral Training

NRT Training

AI-ACCESS National Research Traineeship

The NSF-funded AI Advancements and Convergence in Computational, Environmental, and Social Sciences (AI-ACCESS) National Research Traineeship (NRT) program at Washington University in St. Louis aims to build a cohort of new investigators, trained at the intersection of computational science (specifically AI), environmental science, and social sciences, with the skills to capitalize on the enormous synergistic potential in the convergence of AI and environmental social science. Learn more.

T32 Training

The Brown School currently supports two NIH-funded T32 training programs for PhD students enrolled in our social work program and postdoctoral scholars already holding doctorates in social work and related disciplines, who are interested in addictions, mental health and/or implementation research. Both programs provide tuition fellowships, stipends, specialized coursework, and mentored research training for eligible applicants. 

Transdisciplinary Training in Addictions Research (TranSTAR) T32 Program

• Grant #: NIDA T32 DA 015035
• Leopoldo Cabassa, Co-Director; Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, Co-Director

NIMH Mental Health Services Research, Center for Mental Health Services Research

• Grant #: NIMH T32, MH19960
• Leopoldo Cabassa, Co-Director; Byron Powell, Co-Director

Our trainees have been very successful in pursuing research funding through NIH and other competitive funding sources, and our alumni hold faculty positions at some of the nation’s top research institutions.

Predoctoral applicants:

Interested applicants must first apply and be accepted into the Brown School PhD Program in Social Work.

Evaluation is based upon previously received PhD program application materials, as well as the following, which must be additionally submitted:

• A one-page statement describing your research interests in mental health services (NIMH) or addictions (NIDA) research, research skills you hope to attain, your academic career goals, and how this training relates to those goals.
• In a resume-type format, please list:
  • Mental health or addictions-related professional education and licensure. Please include dates (month and year) of both degree programs and non-degree continuing education.
  • All employment after college and its relevance to mental health or addictions, in chronological order.
  • Prior research experience and its relevance to mental health or addictions.
  • All publications (full citation) and professional conference presentations.

Postdoctoral applicants:
Position vacancies vary throughout the year. Application materials must include the following:

• Cover letter stating your research interests
• CV
• Three letters of reference

Contact Stacey McCrary for additional eligibility requirements and position availability. The application review begins as soon as received and will continue until positions are filled.

Please email all materials to:

Stacey McCrary, MSW
Project Manager: NIMH/NIDA T32 programs 
stacey.mccrary@wustl.edu