Training Grants and Initiatives
Graduate students in the Molecular Biology, Biological Chemistry, and Neuroscience Programs are not expected to secure their own funding. Indeed, funding is guaranteed for the duration of their Ph.D. studies.
There are, however, a number of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Grants and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Med-into-Grad Initiative for which students may apply. These include the following:
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Grants
Cancer Training Grant (Don Ayer)
2 graduate student and 7 postdoctoral slots for support
Developmental Biology Training Grant (Joe Yost and Richard Dorsky)
7 graduate student and 2 postdoctoral slots for support
Genetics Training Grant (David Grunwald)
10 graduate student slots for support
Hematology Training Grant (Jim Kushner)
5 graduate student and 6 postdoctoral slots for support
Miocrobial Pathogenesis Training Grant (Janis Weis)
3 graduate student and 3 postdoctoral slots for support
Neuroscience Training Grant (Mary Lucero)
6 graduate student slots for support
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Med-into-Grad Initiative (U2M2G) (Dean Li and Anthea Letsou)
PhD-scientists are facing new and greater challenges that require an understanding of the fundamentals of human biology and medicine and the tools to participate in the multidisciplinary teams that drive successful translational initiatives. The HHMI-University of Utah Med into Grad program (U2M2G) provides the didactic, mentoring and financial support to train basic scientists that can meet these challenges and function at the interface of clinical medicine and science. U2M2G courses teach the fundamentals of human biology, pathophysiology and molecular medicine to all interested basic science PhD students. The U2M2G Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) program provides stipend and tuition support to a selected group of PhD students on a competitive basis.
