Are you eager to take on a leadership role in your scientific society but lack connections or financial support to advance? Apply to be a FASEB Fellow for the Future and enhance your leadership skills while making your scientific society more inclusive. The application deadline is now September 30! | Engagement in scientific societies is vital for early-career researchers' growth and career advancement. However, many face barriers within their scientific societies-including limited financial support and lack of an established network. FASEB is committed to promoting increased cultural change within scientific societies through key activities that are essential for researchers in historically excluded groups to advance, including mentorship, conference participation, service in professional societies, and recognition of research achievements. FASEB launched Fellows for the Future for early-career researchers who encounter barriers to participation and leadership opportunities within their scientific societies. About Fellows for the Future Fellows for the Future is a 12-month cohort-based program for early-career researchers from historically excluded groups who want to make their scientific society more inclusive.
Selected fellows will - Be matched with a mentor who will champion their participation in society leadership and volunteer activities.
- Receive leadership training and guidance on how to advocate for governance changes at the society level, including skills in meeting facilitation, conflict resolution, understanding association operational structures, and developing visionary and strategic leadership skills.
- Engage in an exclusive virtual collaborative community with other fellows and their mentors.
- Receive stipends to attend member society events (meetings, conferences, workshops) and a FASEB-hosted social gathering at annual meetings that will bring together the fellows, their mentors, and society leaders in inclusive and accessible environments.
View more program benefits. Eligibility
To be eligible to participate, applicants must - Be a current member of at least one FASEB full member society.
- Identify as being from a historically excluded group based on race/ethnicity, sex and gender identity, disability, and/or disadvantaged background or intersectionality of one or more of these identities.
- Be an early-career researcher, defined as either a senior postdoctoral scholar or within seven years of appointment to the first independent faculty/research scientist position.
Applications
Applications must be submitted online and will now be accepted through September 30. Begin your application here. | About FASEB DEAI Program In 2019, FASEB established its Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) Program to help foster diversity and inclusivity in research, training, and professional environments within FASEB, its member societies, and the broader biological and biomedical sciences community. Fellows for the Future is among our suite of DEAI programs. | | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), 6120 Executive Blvd., Suite 230, Rockville, MD 20852, United States of America Want to change how you receive these emails? You can Update Your Preferences or Unsubscribe. | |