NIST Point-of-Care Pharmaceutical Manufacturing for Precision Medicine
NIST seeks researchers to develop measurement methods for point-of-care pharmaceutical manufacturing, enabling rapid, personalized medicine through microdispensing technologies.
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NRC Research Associateship Programs has archived this opportunity.
Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025 | November 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: $82,764 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration 2 years.
Summary: Supports postdoctoral researchers developing metrology and microdispensing technologies for point-of-care pharmaceutical manufacturing enabling rapid, personalized medicine.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens with a doctoral degree; applications require prior contact with a NIST Research Adviser; NIST participates in February and August review cycles only.
Description
This fellowship opportunity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focuses on advancing measurement science to enable point-of-care pharmaceutical manufacturing for precision medicine. The program targets innovations in distributed manufacturing and portable production units that allow for rapid, personalized drug production, including technologies such as drop-on-demand pharmaceutical production, oral films, tablets, and microneedle coatings.
Research areas include:
- Development of metrology methods for microdispensing technologies.
- Production measurement science advancements.
- Onsite quality and quantity assurance.
- Stability and lifetime of raw materials and drugs during production.
- Onsite/inline chemical validation and verification.
- Standardization and drug delivery methods.
Applicants with expertise in pharmaceutical formulations and physical, engineering, chemical, or materials science disciplines are encouraged to apply. Projects incorporating microdrop UV-Vis, fiber-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, or related analytical techniques for pharmaceutical characterization and quantification are particularly welcome.
NIST maintains advanced instrumentation including ambient ionization mass spectrometry platforms, GC-MS, LC-MS, SIMS, capillary electrophoresis, Raman and infrared spectroscopy, SEM, and XPS, supporting interdisciplinary research.
Ongoing research includes unsupervised learning of mass spectrometric signatures of pharmaceutical polymorphs, 3D visualization of oral drug delivery films and dosing, and direct mass spectrometric quantification of pharmaceutical-laden ejected drops.
