The Stanford/San Jose State University IRACDA Program combines a traditional, principal-investigator directed postdoctoral research experience at Stanford University with mentored teaching experiences at San Jose State University. The program is NIH sponsored through the Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) postdoctoral fellowship, supported by the NIH division of Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) at NIGMS.

The goal of this program is to create a career development path for postdoctoral scientists with an interest in teaching underrepresented minority students.

Some of the departments participating in the IRACDA Program are:

• Bioengineering
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Developmental Biology
• Genetics
• Medicine
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Molecular and Cellular Physiology
• Neurobiology
• Structural Biology