2020 Career Awards at the Scientific Interface

On August 5, 2020, Burroughs Wellcome Fund staff presented an overview of the Career Award at the Scientific Interface to Vanderbilt University. On the call was Dr. Louis Muglia, BWF President and CEO; Program Officer Dr. Kelly Rose; Senior Program Associate Melanie Scott; Senior Communications Officer Russ Campbell; Kate Stuart, Program Manager for the Office of Career Development at Vanderbilt; and Lawrence Marnett, Dean of Basic Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Intro (0:00 - 1:02)
Intro to BWF CEO & President Dr. Louis Muglia (1:02-4:17)
Dr. Muglia Presents Overview of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (4:17-14:38)
Dr. Kelly Rose, BWF Program Officer, presents on the Career Award at the Scientific Interface (14:38 - 27:00)
Q&A
International postdocs on J1 Visa (27:00)
PhD in Biology (27:26)
Definition of postdoc/staff scientist (27:57)
First author requirements (28:48)
Feedback on pre-proposals (29:06)
Mentor affiliation degree-granting vs. non-degree-granting (29:43)
Accepting a non-tenure position (31:25)
Submitting a pre-proposal (32:00)
Computational neuroscience (32:28)
Characteristics of successful candidates (33:12)
Concurrent BWF awards (35:06)
Non-tenure position (37:22)
Faculty position the same as postdoc institute (37:42)
Percentage of project support (38:32)
Institutional signing (40:00)
Postdoctoral work in home country (41:00)
Manuscripts and preprints (41:41)
Advisory committee training component (42:53)
Hold a concurrent K99 (43:34)
Commitment to pursue faculty position (44:08)
Mentor letter (45:08)
Scientific outreach (46:05)
J1 visa holders (48:18)
Ideal time to apply (49:22)
BWF career development resources (51:05)