Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Scholars
The Carney Institute’s Advancing Research Careers (ARC) program invites applications from postdoctoral scientists at Brown. A two-year, NINDS-funded program, ARC seeks to promote the research careers of women and persons historically excluded due to ethnicity and race (PEERs) in brain sciences. Participants benefit from financial support, mentorship and professional development tailored specifically to each person.
Why ARC?
Women and PEERs are underrepresented at the postdoctoral and faculty level. The ARC program is designed to empower each participant by providing them access to scientific seed funding and an array of financial and training resources from which they can build a career advancement plan customized to their needs. Because one of ARC's main objectives is to help postdoctoral scholars develop independent research, the program awards tangible research-related funds, which are exclusively allocated to the scholars’ independent line of research.
How does ARC work?
Up to six ARC Scholars are selected annually. With assistance from the ARC Faculty Steering Committee, scholars build a mentorship team who will support and advise them over a two-year period. Scholars benefit from a series of professional development workshops, including sessions on grant preparation and budget development. Scholars use these resources to help develop a research project proposal with strong professional merit that ARC then supports through seed funding and travel and scientific training awards. The ARC Scholar Experience will be accomplished through:
Building a Mentorship Team. In addition to current primary advisors, applicants will invite at least two additional mentors (one outside the institution) to form their mentorship team. Program faculty will provide guidance and introductions.
Seed Funding for Research. Postdoc ARC Scholars will receive start-up funds of up to $25,000 for appropriate research costs to develop an independent research project. Program faculty will help participants acquire skills or access collaborators to develop their research projects.
Monthly ARC Scholar Community Workshops. These sessions will cover a variety of topics chosen by the ARC Scholars, such as grant preparation, budget development and/or other professional development goals, such as preparing for the job market.
Travel and Scientific Training Funds. ARC Scholars will receive funds for the purposes of presenting scholarly work at professional conferences, establishing a collaboration at another institution or obtaining external technical training.
For the full list of instructions, see here.
For questions, contact Kristin Webster, Assistant Director of Training and Development in the Carney Institute. A pre-application information virtual open house will be hosted by ARC program leadership on August 30, 2023 at 3 p.m.