Young and Early Career Investigators: Report from a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Working Group

Galit Alter,Alasdair Leslie,Bhavna Chohan,Penny Moore,Raul Rabadan,Yong Liu,Nicole Frahm,Jacques Fellay,Jonathan Fuchs,Dan Barouch,Timothy Cardozo,Thumbi Ndung’U

doi:10.1038/npre.2010.4800

Abstract

Young and Early Career Investigators: Report from a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Working Group

Highlights

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise established a committee of Young and Early Career Investigators (YECIs) in 2008 to define key bottlenecks currently faced by YECIs in the HIV-1 vaccine field and to suggest potential solutions
Novel Funding Approaches We suggest a series of approaches to facilitate improved independent funding opportunities for YECIs
We suggest that peer review panels for grant proposals, editorial boards for journals, and scientific leadership groups of major consortia and other decision-making bodies should include YECIs

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B. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise established a committee of Young and Early Career Investigators (YECIs) in 2008 to define key bottlenecks currently faced by YECIs in the HIV-1 vaccine field and to suggest potential solutions. (v) visibility and leadership representation of YECIs in the HIV-1 vaccine field represent further challenges for their development as independent investigators.

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