Re-Entry into Biomedical Research Careers

The ORWH/NIH Reentry into Biomedical Research Careers program supplements existing NIH research grants to support full- or part-time research by women or men returning to the scientific workforce. The program is designed to bring a scientist's existing research skills and knowledge up-to-date so that by end of the supplement period, the scientist will be prepared to apply for a career development or research funding.

Award criteria include:

• Full participation in the research project
• An opportunity to update and enhance research skills
• A carefully planned mentoring program developed by the mentor and the awardee

More than 135 women and men have received re-entry research career supplements. ORWH and the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers are developing a similar program for the intramural program that will broaden program eligibility to include postdoctoral fellows within the NIH intramural community.

The program announcement for Research Supplements to Promote Reentry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (PA-08-191) continues until September 2012, with support from 23 NIH Institutes and Centers. Candidates who held a postdoctoral or faculty position at the time they left active research are eligible to apply.

For more information, visit: Research Supplements to Promote Reentry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (PA-08-191)

Mentored Career Development Programs

NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers

Support for Intramural Training and Education Programs

Summer Internship Programs for Students

For more information about ORWH’s Career Development Programs, contact Joyce Rudick, Director, Programs and Management: rudickj@mail.nih.gov