ICTS Affiliated Scholar Advancement Program (ASAP)

The Affiliated Scholars Advancement Program (ASAP) was developed to extend the reach of the ICTS K and T programs to potential scholars and trainees by providing access to all Education program resources and training programs. ASAP allows the ICTS Education and Training Core to support early-career faculty and trainees across the ICTS ecosystem with or without K, T, F, or other funding, support scholars and trainees who apply to the ICTS K or T programs but are not selected for funding, and identify potential scholars and trainees early in their career to help them progress toward research independence.

• Research and Career Development Support: We will arrange meetings every 6 months with you, your mentors and members of the ICTS Training and Education Committee. These meetings give you an opportunity to present your research and career plans to an external committee that can provide feed back
• Grant Support: We will provide ad-hoc support, as necessary, for grant preparations Access to ICTS workshops and Luncheons
• Access to ICTS workshops and Luncheons
• Opportunity to present research to peers in quarterly ICTS Luncheons

If you are interested in participating in ASAP, please submit an application to Sydney Groesbeck, sgroesbe@hs.uci.edu.

• NIH Biosketch
• Research Statement (500 words max)
  1. Describe research specific aims
• Career Objectives (500 words max)
  1. Describe where you are in your career
  2. Career goals for the next 5 years
• Mentoring Team (250 words max)
  1. Describe each mentor (primary and co-mentors), how they relate to your research topic
  2. Describe how you plan to interact with your mentors (frequency, meeting style, etc.)