Application Requirements

The REC scholar program is seeking late post-doctoral or early junior-faculty candidates. The goal of the program is to enhance the development of future research leaders in ADRD research. All applicants should review the following requirements before formally applying to the program.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Applicants must have an ADRD-focused research project.
  • Applicants should be approaching the start of their independent career in Alzheimer disease and related disorders research (e.g. late postdoctoral candidates, instructors, assistant professors, etc.)
  • Applicants must be able to commit 50% effort to research training (salary support for this covered by the REC)
  • Applicants must be US citizens, non-citizen nationals or have permanent residence

Application Process

Applicants must complete the online REC Scholar Application which will be open until January 10th at 11:59pm.

All applications must include:

  • Current CV
  • 1 letter of recommendation from your current mentor
  • 1 letter of commitment from your proposed REC mentor verifying that you can dedicate 50% time to your REC project (with 50% funding support from REC)
    • If your current mentor and REC mentor are the same person, please include a letter of recommendation from another mentor. Your letters must be from two different people.
  • 1-page personal statement regarding goals in ADRD research
  • 1-page research concept proposal
  • Letter of support from department chair stating support for 50% research effort
  • Mentor biosketch and mentor training table from current mentor
  • Mentor biosketch and mentor training table from proposed REC mentor (if different than current mentor)

* A mentor training table example may be found HERE.

Do not complete the online application until you have the required documents above to include as attachments!

Benefits of the REC Scholar Program

  • A mentored Independent Research Experience 
  • 50% salary support
  • Individualized Development Plan (IDP) to address training and career goals 
  • Mini-Residencies within the Cores of the Knight ADRC 
  • Monthly Career Development Seminar
  • Assistance in applying for funding through a variety of sources 
  • Monetary support for seminar travel, didactic coursework and eligible activities identified on IDP

Questions? 
Please direct any questions to rec@email.wustl.edu.