TABLE 1.

Key Components of the UCSF Visiting Professors Program

Component	Description
Summer institutes	6 weeks in residence during 3 consecutive summers
Institute activities	Research planning seminars
	Peer reviews
	Science forums in which scholars present their work
	Networking meetings
	Mentoring meetings
	Special sessions with external speakers on methods, topics, and timely issues in HIV/AIDS
Summer stipends	Funds to replace summer teaching salaries for 3 summers
Seed funds	$25 000 for preliminary study
Protected time	Commitment from home institution for 25% release time
Network development	Facilitated through formal and informal interactions among visiting professors
Ongoing mentoring	One-on-one mentoring throughout the year

Note. UCSF = University of California, San Francisco.