RAPID targets the professional advancement and leadership development of early clinician-investigators (junior faculty and senior fellows) in academic pediatrics.

Who Should Apply
RAPID’s goal is to encourage and support individuals who have experienced significant adversity and challenges to pursue a research career in academic pediatrics, including socioeconomic factors, growing up in rural areas, and other challenges, hardships, and unique life experiences. This includes an emphasis on a personal narrative regarding how societal factors have shaped the individual’s interests and preparedness to be a RAPID Scholar. Consistent with current applicable law, an individual candidate’s race, ethnicity, or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or transgender status) are not considered as a factor for purposes of program eligibility or in selecting participants or National Advisory Committee members.

RAPID’s Scholar Awards provide up to $15,000 in funding for a one-year project in one of the categories noted below.

In addition to the award, RAPID Scholars:

  • Are paired with a national mentor who is an accomplished senior investigator and seasoned mentor
  • Participate in monthly Zoom meetings, alternating between directors to provide advice for acculturation to and advancement in an academic career, and peer scholars to provide peer support, mentoring, networking, a venue for presenting research progress, and opportunities for potential research collaborations
  • Attend RAPID’s Annual Mentoring and Career Development Conference
  • Receive in-person mentoring and networking during the annual Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting

Interested applicants must select one of the following funding paths for their application:


 

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