Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Career Guidance for Trainees

Abstract

Proposal (up to five pages)

Eligible proposals must include rationale/vision for the project, including who it is intended to impact and how it will change their career readiness. Proposals should also describe the project in detail, including how it will be delivered to trainees, strategies for evaluating its potential impact, and how the project could be expanded to reach more trainees or adopted by other institutions.

CV of Director

In applications involving a single institution, please attach CV of Director.

CV of Applicant Co-Director (if applicable)

If you are proposing a partnership, the “applicant co-director” is simply the co-director who has taken the lead in the physical preparation of the application. If your background is one where resumes are more common, please prepare a CV that focuses on showing your career progression and how earlier roles developed the skills that you will use in successfully doing the work you propose. (Look up “functional resume” for illustrations.) n CV of Partner Co-Director(s) and other key personnel (if applicable) If you are proposing a partnership, submit a copy of the CV of key personnel involved at other organizations or other academic units. We do not need CVs from everyone involved, only those who are truly driving the project. For co-directors from fields where resumes are more common, please prepare a CV that focuses on showing your career progression and how earlier roles developed the skills that you will use in successfully doing the work you propose. (Look up “functional resume” for illustrations.)