Model depicting how BIRCWH programs expand research networks and career opportunities for their scholars, with multiple inputs that help BIRCWH scholars optimize their time in the BIRCWH program and optimally develop their career. These inputs include the multidisciplinary mentoring team, the cohort benefits of being among other BIRCWH scholars, the national BIRCWH program faculty, scholars, mentors, and National Institutes of Health leaders to whom the scholar is exposed during the national meeting and the resources of the scholar’s institution.
Abbreviation: BIRCWH indicates Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health.