Early Career Faculty Development Program

The Early Career Faculty Development Program (ECP) introduces faculty, in the early stages of their academic health sciences career, to the resources available on campus by focusing on an academic project that will help advance their careers. Along with seminars focused on project and academic development, participants will receive peer, senior, and project mentoring and networking. 2.5% FTE clinical effort forgiveness provided for BUMG faculty.

Program Directors: Demian Szyld, MD, EdM, Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, and Alyssa M. DiNicola.

 

Applications for 2026-2027 Will Be Open from February 9th – March 30th! 

You cannot save your application once you have started it, so please prepare your answers in advance. A Word version of the application is available here.

A word version of the CV template is available here. A word version of the ECP Chair LOS template is available here. 

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Learning Objectives:
  • Develop skills to make substantial progress on an academic project and to effectively communicate project findings
  • Understand and develop a plan for academic advancement in one’s career path (e.g., clinician, educator, researcher,)
  • Develop skills to identify, effectively grow, and work with a developmental network of peer and senior mentors
Target Participants:
  • ~20 BUMC Faculty: including clinicians (MDs, APPs, ODs, etc.), educators, and researchers from all 3 schools at BUMC
  • Must be faculty on the BU Medical Campus for ≥1 year, this includes BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, BU School of Public Health, & BU Goldman School of Dental Medicine
  • Must apply with an academic project
Commitment:
  • 10 sessions from October to May, Mondays from 2:30-5:00pm in person
  • Meet with Career Mentor 3x throughout the year
  • Meet with Project Mentor monthly throughout the year
FY27 Dates:
  • October 5th, 2026
  • October 26th, 2026
  • November 16th, 2026
  • December 14th, 2026
  • January 11th, 2027
  • February 8th, 2027
  • March 8th, 2027
  • April 5th, 2027
  • May 3rd, 2027
  • May 24th, 2027

BU intends that its facilities, programming and academic offerings will be accessible, inclusive and diverse. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or require an accommodation for another reason, please contact bumcfdd@bu.edu to discuss your needs. Please see Event Accessibility for details on accommodations.

For more information about this or the program, please contact us at bumcfdd@bu.edu

If you are looking for a program with a more intensive research focus, with opportunities to develop your NIH biosketch, specific aims page, and/or research paper, please consider the Program for Early Research Career Development (PERC) directed by Drs. Karen Lasser & Manish Sagar.