REIDS Program: Yale Visiting Research Scholars
Interested in community-based research and inequalities in HIV/AIDS? Need help competing for research grants? Looking for sustained mentorship and access to a critical mass of HIV research activity?
The REIDS program was designed to meet the challenges and barriers to advancement experienced by groups who are underrepresented in the field of HIV research. Scholars will attend a six-week Summer Institute at CIRA for two consecutive summers and receive sustained mentorship for the duration of the program; gain access to secondary mentors for special topical/technical support; and complete a $20,000 pilot research project as a means to developing a major grant application to an external funding agency.
Four scholarships will be awarded in 2011, with participants attaching to the program for 2 years. Scholars will be appointed as "Yale Visiting Research Scholars" and, in addition to a funded pilot research project, will receive $1,000 for round-trip travel to New Haven, and a $5,000 summer stipend. Accommodation for the duration of the Summer Institute will also be fully subsidized.
Applicants will have a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent and hold a post-doctoral or early-career faculty position for the duration of their affiliation with REIDS. Scholars are expected to have advanced preparation in applicable theory and content in a health-related discipline, research design and data analysis, and may have experience in conducting an independent research project. Applicants will be drawn from underrepresented racial, ethnic, disabled and economically disadvantaged groups.
For more information and to apply please visit the CIRA website.
Alternatively, Program Manager Jon Atherton can be reached at 203-764-8476 or jon.atherton@yale.edu for an informal discussion about the program.