Funding

Discipline(s): All

The program aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through first-hand experience with peer review and to enrich CSR’s pool of trained reviewers in terms of experience and other merit-based factors.

ECR Qualifications

Employment
You have at least 1 year of experience as a full-time faculty member or researcher in a similar role. Post-doctoral fellows are not eligible.

Because the program is focused on early career scientists with a doctorate, you must be:

• an Assistant Professor or in an equivalent role, or
• an Associate Professor with NIH Early Stage Investigator (ESI) status.

Learn more about the ESI status.

Research
You show evidence of an active, independent research program. Examples include publications, presentations, institutional research support, patents, acting as supervisor of student projects.

You have at least 1 senior-authored research publication in a peer-reviewed journal in the last 2 years plus at least 1 additional senior-authored research publication since receiving a doctorate.

• In press publications are considered; preprints are not.
• We consider “senior author” as single author, corresponding author, or first or last author.
• There is no requirement that the recent publication cover work performed at the current institution.

Grant & Review History

• You have not served on an NIH study section in any capacity aside from as a mail reviewer. (Mail reviews do not include participation in the meeting.)
• You have not held an R01 or R01-equivalent (R35, R37, RF1, R23, R29, DP1, DP2, DP5, U01, RL1) grant in the PD/PI role.
• You must have submitted a grant proposal, in the PI/PD role, to the NIH and received the associated summary statement.

Click here to learn more about the ECR program and how to apply.