The Career Advisory Board (CAB) is a referral service that matches senior postdocs (start of fourth year and beyond) and early-career PIs who submit requests for guidance on specific career issues with more senior scientists with experience and insights in those areas. The program is not meant to replace the mentoring programs at a scientist’s home institution, but rather to serve as a resource for senior postdocs and early-career PIs to obtain advice on a specific question from established investigators outside of their home institutions—often through a single phone call.
Topics include (but are not limited to)
- Balancing family and work
- Timing for the first grant submission
- Recruiting
- Handling personnel issues
- Managing a lab
- Finding a mentor
- Building networks
- Preparing for leadership
- Balancing service obligations
- Teaching
- Serving on NIH study sections
Note: The CAB is not designed to provide assistance with grant writing or review, the focus of the AAI GRIP (Grant Review for Immunologists Program).
Applicants specify the topic or issue they want to address. They may also specify persons not to be contacted on their behalf.