Version francaise

Fr@NIH (or Frenchpostdoc@NIH) is a group of French post-doctoral scientists working at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the greater Washington DC area (Bethesda, Baltimore, and Frederick). The organization is independent of the NIH and provides information to help post-docs who are working at the NIH and living in the greater Washington area. 

Fr@NIH...

• connects the French community in NIH with some fun and social gathering, lunch, happy hour and others... Follow the events to come here

• Provides assistance to newcomers on practical informations. This includes information about working at NIH and living in this area. 

• helps maintain relations with the French scientific and political decision makers, with the Office for Science & Technology at the French Ambassy in Washington DC.

HISTORY 

The group was formed in 1994 to help French post-docs abroad facing new problems including:

• The lengthening of post-doctoral appointments 
• The decreasing number of positions in Research centers and Universities in France. 
• Difficulties in keeping contacts with the French scientific community and obstacles encountered when applying for positions from the US.

Previous members were:

Emmanuel Barber, Cyril Buhler, Francois Boudsocq, Pascal Chappert, Colombe Chappey, Eve de Rosny, Nadia Douaji, Patrick Durand, Franck Lemiale, Renaud Mahieux, Alexandre Mejat, Lucilia Mouries, Isabelle Navizet, Aurelie Neveol, Remy Pedeux, Jean-Marie Peloponese, Caroline Ranquet-Brazzolotto, Sabrina Ravel, Agnès Tissier, Rachid Sougrat, Dominique Vandewiele, Pascal Verdier-Pinard, Marianne Vidal   

This site is currently maintained by:

(from sept 2012) Agnès Basseville, Christelle de Renty and Stéphanie Lamart