Prospective Scholar
Becoming a Scholar
- Assistant Professor (in rank ≤ 6 years)
- Of all gender identities (not only women)
- Participate in Bi-annual Reviews of their work
- Attend Interdisciplinary Weekly Seminars
- Submit an external grant proposal by the end of award period
On average
100% of scholars feel well prepared for interdisciplinary women’s health research productivity
96% of scholars believe the program prepares scholars well for academic and professional career development and advancement
90% of scholars believed the program review process was a useful part of their career development
Key Elements to Success
Career Development Plan
Scholars participate in a strategic program structure career development plan as well as create their own individualized career development plan.
- Some program-specific career development benchmarks include:
- Participate in career development workshops, seminars and conferences
- Complete NIH online Sex & Gender continued education courses
- Submit intramural or small extramural grants
- Submit NIH individual K or R grants
In addition, individualize career development plans are crafted with specific benchmarks identified by each scholar with the help from program leadership and mentors to facilitate research career growth.
Mentoring Team
A critical component of the Women’s Health Research Program is a strong, structured mentoring program involving successful scientists from a wide range of disciplines.
The goals of our mentoring program are to:
- enhance Scholars’ research career development and academic socialization;
- facilitate research productivity and scientific dissemination; and
- meet the psychosocial and career needs of the BIRCWH Scholars as they transition into independent scientists.
In addition to the list of mentors below, members of the Executive Leadership Team and the IAC are all NIH-approved mentors.