Annual Solicitation for ACTG Committee Membership Positions-Due September 5th

Aug 21, 2023

DEADLINE: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

This memorandum is a solicitation for nominations to the ACTG’s science committees. See below that the nomination process is automated and that nominations must be submitted through the ACTG website.

For the science committees, the ACTG is seeking qualified clinical and laboratory investigators with expertise relevant to the area of research who are willing to commit the time necessary to serve on the Transformative Science Groups (TSGs). Interested investigators with appropriate expertise need not be affiliated with a funded ACTG Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) or Clinical Research Site (CRS) and/or have previous involvement with ACTG studies.

  • International investigators and junior investigators are strongly encouraged to submit their names in nomination to science committees appropriate to their interests.
  • International site personnel are strongly encouraged to submit their names in nomination to committees appropriate to their interests and experience.

VACANCIES:

The detailed listing of position vacancies for the different committees is available on the ACTG Committee Nomination web site at https://nomination.mis.s-3.net/. The listing also specifies who is eligible for the positions, term duration, number of conference calls per month and meetings per year, and a brief description of duties and responsibilities of the positions.

NOMINATION PROCESS:

Nominations and required accompanying materials must be submitted online at https://nomination.mis.s-3.net/ by Tuesday, September 5.

The individual position descriptions for the vacancies specify who may submit a nomination and when self-nominations are acceptable with the appropriate documentation.

Nominees must submit all required documents and acknowledge their willingness to serve. The list of required documents, also available on the website, is as follows:

Investigator positions

  • Nomination letter outlining the candidate’s qualifications, relevant expertise, experience, and accomplishments pertinent to the position.
  • NIH biosketch (template available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm and on the ACTG member web site).

Site personnel and non-investigator positions

  1. Nomination letter outlining the candidate’s qualifications, relevant expertise, experience, and accomplishments pertinent to the position.
  • Letter of support from the nominee’s CRS Leader or CTU PI; the letter of support from the CTU PI or CRS Leader is not necessary if the nomination letter is from the nominee’s CRS Leader or CTU PI.
  • NIH biosketch (template available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm and on the ACTG member web site), resume, or curriculum vitae for resource committee members.

SELECTION PROCESS:
The ACTG’s Voting Members will review nominations to the ACTG Executive Committee (AEC) and Performance Evaluation Committee. The AEC will vote on membership of the Scientific Agenda Steering Committee. Nominations for all other committees will be distributed to the relevant committee for review and selection. The AEC will review and determine whether to endorse the selections made by the respective committees. Following the AEC review, the nominees will be notified of the election outcome. Once the committees have advised nominees of the outcome, the AEC will broadly announce the selections and post the results to the ACTG web site.

INQUIRIES

Questions regarding the nomination process should be directed to the ACTG Network Coordinating Center at ACTGCommitteeNominations@dlhcorp.com.

Please feel free to contact committee chairs if you have questions about any of the positions. We look forward to receiving your nominations.