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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Research Network
CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network
9th National Scientific Meeting
Hosted by the Johns Hopkins University
Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR)
Mentoring Day
October 28, 2015
The Mentoring Day of the CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network (SBSRN) Scientific Meeting will take
place on October 28, 2015. The mentoring day will connect early career investigators with senior investigators in the
HIV/AIDS research field. During the Mentoring Day and the SBSRN scientific meeting, mentees will have opportunities to
engage with NIH representatives and senior investigators regarding their careers and plans for grant submissions and
career development.
APPLICATION DEADLINE is July 1, 2015
GOALS OF MENTORING DAY:
• To provide mentoring and support to early career social and behavioral sciences (SBS) investigators
• To facilitate linkages between early career and senior investigators
• To provide opportunities for feedback and networking with NIH program officers
• To provide constructive feedback on research and grant ideas, in order to increase the success of NIH-funded
applications.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS:
• Be within 5 years of having completed a terminal degree and have no independent R01 funding
• Interested in conducting research that addresses social or behavioral dimensions of HIV/AIDS. This includes (but
is not limited to) basic social and behavioral research, research on treatment or prevention, barriers to care and
treatment, and behavioral and structural interventions, and it may be domestic or international in focus
• Have specific plans to submit a social and behavioral sciences NIH grant application as Principal Investigator (PI)
within the 12 months following the meeting
• Preference may be given to those affiliated with a CFAR institution, AIDS Prevention Center, or NICHD-funded
Population Studies Center and interested in HIV-related research, and have a letter of support from its Director
• Submit all application materials by 5:00 pm on July 1, 2015
• Applications for the mentoring day will be competitively reviewed by a selection committee.
EXPECTATIONS OF SELECTED MENTEES:
• Attend both the Mentoring Day (10/28/15) and the SBSRN scientific meeting (10/28/15-10/30/15) in
Baltimore, MD
• Submit a draft concept page with your application describing your current grant idea; this concept will be
discussed in small groups during Mentoring Day and allow the conference organizers to match mentors to
mentees
• Prior to the meeting, prepare Specific Aims for this concept to share with and solicit feedback from mentors and
meeting attendees
• Deliver a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation of the current research idea
• Present an empirically-based scientific poster of a current research project during an evening reception on the
first day of the SBSRN scientific meeting (10/29/15); this may be related or unrelated to the topic discussed in
small groups.
COST TO SELECTED MENTEES:
• Mentees will be responsible for their own registration fees and associated travel costs; local CFARs are
encouraged to support mentee travel costs
• A limited number of competitive and geographically diverse scholarships may be available to provide travel
support. Scholarship awardees will be notified by 8/15/15.
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CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network
9th National Scientific Meeting
Hosted by the Johns Hopkins University
Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR)
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Research Network
Application Form for Mentoring Day
Please complete this application form and e-mail as one document to Tiffany B. Dominique at
tybrown@upenn.edu
APPLICATION DEADLINE is July 1, 2015 by 5:00 pm
MENTORING DAY APPLICATION
Applicant Information
First Name:
Last Name:
Degree(s) and year(s) obtained:
Have you held a post-doctoral fellowship?
Yes. If yes, when did that end?
No
Current position/title:
Department:
University/institution:
Address:
City:
State
Phone:
Fax
Zip
Email:
Affiliated CFAR, APC, or Population Studies Center:
Please provide the following as attachments in a single document along with the form above:
1. A personal statement of educational and professional background and research interests (500 word
maximum).
2. A current NIH biosketch including current research support and completed other support over the past
5 years.
3. A one to two paragraph description of the concept you wish to explore with mentors if accepted to the
Mentoring Day. Please include your preliminary plan for grant submission of this concept including target due
date, NIH institute, mechanism, and PA/RFA if applicable.
4. Understanding your professional needs and expectations of the meeting will help us provide optimal
mentoring. Please provide the following:
i. A description of the type of mentorship that will be most useful for you for this project and in
general. This might include methods and design, research team building, budgeting and financial,
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network
9th National Scientific Meeting
Hosted by the Johns Hopkins University
Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR)
sampling, instrumentation, data collection, interventions, statistical, working with granting
agencies, developing research idea, etc.
ii. Expectations: what are your expectations from the mentoring meeting and from the
conference overall?
5. A letter of support from your Supervisor, Chair, CFAR, PRC, or Population Studies Center Director must be
sent to tybrown@upenn.edu by July 1, 2015, at 5:00pm.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Tiffany B. Dominique at tybrown@upenn.eduor (215) 746-7352