Rosetta Commons Postbaccalaureate Research Program

The Rosetta Commons Postbaccalaureate Program is a one-year fellowship program intended for students to gain research experience to succeed in Ph.D. programs.

The program provides trainees with interdisciplinary research training in artificial intelligence (AI), computational biophysics, and biomolecular structure prediction and design. Over one year, participants receive foundational training, conduct mentored research at laboratories across a global network of participating institutions, and collaborate with researchers through virtual and in-person activities. This geographically distributed model exposes students to collaborative research across institutions and disciplines. Students develop computational and research skills while investigating applications such as protein engineering, drug discovery, and molecular design and explore pathways to graduate education in computational and molecular sciences.

The Program Provides:

• Rosetta Code School: where trainees will learn the inner details of the Rosetta Python code and community coding environment, so you are fully prepared to research using the software.
• Research experience: Trainees conduct hypothesis-driven research in their mentor’s lab, with day-to-day guidance by an experienced PhD student or postdoc. Scholars participate fully in weekly lab meetings, attend weekly research seminars in their department, attend a vibrant PhD program retreat and a national conference of their choice.
• Participation: in the Winter Rosetta Conference, where you will connect with Rosetta developers from around the world.
• Compensation: Salary, health benefits, and funding for conference travel are included.
• Preparation: for graduate school applications and interviews.
• Community: Trainees come together each month for ‘Journal Club’ events to present and discuss their research with peers and faculty mentors. These meetings include professional development mini-lessons on topics like the NSF-GRFP, graduate school applications, research posters, and more.
• Project meetings: Trainees gain confidence by organizing, preparing for, and convening monthly project meetings with the program's PI, Dr. Jeff Gray and Co-PI Dr. Matthew O'Meara.
• Specialized mentoring: Mentors will participate in a four-part Culturally Responsive Mentoring Workshop series.
   

Eligibility:

1. Available during program dates: June 21, 2027 - June 20, 2028.
2. U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the United States are eligible. Persons with an independently sponsored visa are eligible.
3. Participants must have a baccalaureate college degree before participating in the program (applicants must apply to the program before or within four years of graduation, with extensions allowed for family, medical leave, or military service). Individuals currently enrolled or accepted into a graduate program are not eligible.
4. Undergraduate major in computer science, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and/or biophysics.
5. While not required, we seek candidates with some combination of experiences in scientific or academic research, C++/Python/*nix/databases, software engineering, object-oriented programming, and/or collaborative development.