BCLBE Stem Cell Law and Economics Fellowships. The Berkeley Center for
Law, Business and the Economy (BCLBE) is offering two Stem Cell Law and
Economics Research Fellowships for the 2010 calendar year. The fellows
will (i) participate in BCLBE research projects concerning stem cell
intellectual property commercialization and (2) pursue an independent
research project relating to legal and / or economic issues arising in
the research, development and commercialization of human stem cell
technology. The subject of the independent research project will be
developed by the fellow in consultation with BCLBE faculty. Possible
topics include, but are not limited to, intellectual property issues
presented by human stem cell research and development, the impact of
capital and regulatory constraints on translating human stem cell
research into commercial products, the projected economic impact of the
availability of human stem cell based therapies on the health care
system, or cross-border regulation of development,commercialization and
delivery of human stem cell therapies.

Each fellow will be entitled to receive $10,000. The fellowships are
available to current Berkeley Law 1L and 2L JD candidates and to Ph.D.
candidates in the JSP program.

Fellows will have the following obligations during the 2010 calendar year:

Spring Semester:
Attend the Berkeley Stem Cell Center Fellows Ethical, Legal, Social
Issues (ELSI) Training Seminar (10 Friday lunchtime sessions).
Participate in supervised research projects as part of the BCLBE
pluripotent stem cell IP commercialization research project. Develop
independent research project related to legal and / or economic issues
arising from human stem cell research.

Summer:
Pursue independent research project: benchmark- complete first draft of
research paper.
Continue supervised research projects at BCLBE.

Fall Semester:
Finish research paper.
Present results of research paper Berkeley Stem Cell Center Fellows meeting.
Continue supervised research projects at BCLBE.

Interested students should submit a statement of interest, CV,
transcript of law school courses (including those proposed for Spring
2010), and the names of two references. Applications or questions about
the fellowships should be submitted to Ken Taymor, BCLBE Executive
Director, at:
ktaymor@law.berkeley.edu

Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. December 21, 2009.

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