ASBMB program for MOSAIC scholars
ASBMB dismayed and saddened by MOSAIC termination
ASBMB, one of five scientific organizations providing professional development support through the NIH MOSAIC (Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers) program, is deeply dismayed and saddened about the recently announced termination of this program.
The MOSAIC program has been more than a funding mechanism; it helped create a national community of support for early-career scientists, creating opportunity for all to advance biomedical research and drive scientific excellence. The loss of this program represents a significant step backward.
While ASBMB continues its MOSAIC professional development programming through the end of the grant, we express deep concern about the termination of MOSAIC scholar research grants, which demonstrate their excellence, dedication and determination. ASBMB knows that cultivating and tapping all available talent is essential for scientific progress and to find solutions for the growing scale and number of global challenges. The MOSAIC scholars have shown enormous potential to contribute to solutions for chronic and acute disease, better agriculture and food systems, and so much more.
We are proud of ASBMB’s MOSAIC scholars, and we will welcome and support them as we gather in Chicago for #ASBMB25 in just a few weeks. We thank all our volunteers for their ongoing support of these outstanding scientists. ASBMB continues, within our capacity, to facilitate full participation in all our professional development programs by a broad range of people. We will continue to communicate that all are welcome in ASBMB’s community and support full and inclusive participation in the scientific enterprise.
The ASBMB is excited to leverage its considerable organizational and scholarly resources to implement a National Institutes of Health-funded UE5 program (UE5GM139192) to support K99/R00 MOSAIC (Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers) scholars. The program will:
- Build a cohesive community of practice in which MOSAIC scholars will be paired with mentors with established records of scientific, funding and mentoring success.
- Provide a suite of career-development opportunities and sponsorship to support the personal and professional development of MOSAIC scholars. These activities will foster networking within a cross-institutional community of scholars, and polish skills in the art of science communication, proposal writing and laboratory management.
- Enhance professional networks of MOSAIC scholars via the Early Career Reviewer program with the Journal of Biological Chemistry editorial board, linkages through the Maximizing Access Committee and, more broadly, the ASBMB community.
- Enhance institutional accountability for supporting career advancement of MOSAIC scholars by convening forums to share research and policies affecting workforce development.
Anchored by the Maximizing Access Committee, the ASBMB MOSAIC program also taps into programming developed by the Education and Professional Development Committee as well as the Science Outreach and Communication Committee to provide customized career-development support to the MOSAIC scholars.
Key activities
Years 1 & 2
- Publication/presentation best practices training
- Art of Science Communication training
- Skill building: interviewing and presenting chalk talks
- Oral spotlight presentation at ASBMB annual meeting
- Maximizing Access Committee networking
Years 3 & 4
- IMAGE grant writing workshop
- Lab management workshop
- Optional advocacy and education fellows training
- Maximizing Access Committee networking
Year 5+
- Scientific presentation at ASBMB annual meeting
- "Ethics of Peer Review" training
- Join JBC editorial board as Early Career Reviewer
- Maximizing Access Committee and JBC Editorial Board networking