Description
The two-day workshop is an intensive and interactive meeting designed to provide faculty in HIV research with the tools for more effective mentoring. The workshops discusses barriers related to being an early career investigator, and features didactic and interactive sessions on practical tips for mentoring, including sessions on intersectionality in mentoring, funding sources for mentoring efforts, time management, leadership styles, manuscript writing, grant writing, individual development plans, teaching work-life balance to mentees, alternative funding strategies, forming teams, etc. Descriptions and findings from the 1st workshop, the 2nd workshop and the 3rd workshop are found here.
Registration deadline: August 30, 2024.
Scholarships
We anticipate that we will award a number of travel and lodging scholarships to support airfare/hotel for selected applicants. Potential participants interested in applying for the travel scholarship must have involvement in HIV research. Scholarship priority will be given to the following groups:
- Current CDEIPI or other HIV research pipeline program mentors
- Mentors who have no other ways of funding their attendance
Please register for the scholarship by submitting a recent CV and a cover letter describing your interest in the workshop, your involvement in mentoring, and (if applicable), a statement of your need for the scholarship in light of other resources available to you (e.g., CFAR support, department/divisional funds, currently existing grant/discretionary/CE funding) with your Registration Form by August 21, 2024.
