Leadership Training Institute

Career Advancement for Diverse Researchers

October 19-22, 2008

Bethesda, MD

Presented by: The 3-C Institute for Social Development

 

 

Sunday, October 19                 Career Path Planning

12:00               Lunch and Opening Statements

1:00                 Setting Goals and Priorities, Part I

1:45                 Knowing Career Options

2:45                 Break

3:00                 Keynote Presentation: Being a Leader When in the Minority

3:45                 Balancing Priorities

4:45                 Setting Goals and Priorities, Part 2

6:30                 Dinner

 

Monday, October 20                Navigating Your Career Path

7:30                 Breakfast 

8:30                 Role of Funding in Career Advancement

9:30                Breakout Session: NIH Overview

• NIH Overview for Early Career Funding
• NIH Overview for Later Career Funding

10:30               Mock Review

11:30               Alternative Funding Opportunities

12:30               Lunch

1:30                 Challenges and Opportunities for Women and Persons of Color

2:30                 Breakout Session: Navigation 101 & 102

• Navigation 101
• Navigation 102

4:00                 Coaching Session

4:45                 Closing Comments

6:30                 Dinner

 

Tuesday, October 21                Networking for Success

7:30                 Breakfast

8:30                 Networking Opportunities for Different Purposes

10:00               Peer Coaching and Mentorship at Different Career Stages

11:00               Break

11:15               Breakout Session: Mentor-Mentee Relationships

• Mentoring Foundation
• Mentoring Development

 

12:45               Lunch

1:45                 Coaching Session

2:45                 Building Networks to Support Your Research

3:45                 Translating Research for Different Audiences

4:45                 Closing Comments

5:00                 Independent Networking Dinners

Wednesday, October 22          Scientific Management Skills

7:30                 Breakfast

8:30                 Developing and Maintaining Successful Teams

10:00               Breakout Session: Personnel & Team Development

• Work With Research Staff
• Working Across Teams

 

11:30               Coaching Session

12:15               Closing Statements

 

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by Grant HHSN271200774104C from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).  The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies the National Institutes of Health; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.