Find the Right Training Grant for U
The University of Utah Health is proud to offer a wealth of institutional training grants that provide valuable research training and professional development for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees in a wide range of disciplines. If you are interested in a particular training program you can contact the Program Director of that program, or contact BREO.
Understanding the Basics
Eligibility
Trainees must be citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents of the United States at the time of appointment.
Predoctoral trainees must be enrolled in a program leading to a PhD or in an equivalent research doctoral degree program. Postdoctoral trainees must have received, as of the beginning date of the NRSA appointment, a PhD, MD, DDS, or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution.
Expectations
All trainees are required to pursue their research training full-time, normally defined as 40 hours per week, or as specified by the sponsoring institution policies. Appointments require a two-year commitment to research training.
Institutional Training Grants
Accepts Predoctoral Trainees
Cancer Genetics, Epigenetics, Models, & Signaling (GEMS T32) Training Program
PIs: Don Ayer, Sheri Holmen, Sean Tavtigian
Focus Areas: Cancer-related - genetics, epigenetics, modeling, and signaling
Genetics Training Program
PIs: Gillian Stanfield, David Grunwald, Kent Golic
Focus Areas: Genetics research
Cross-Disciplinary Training in Immunology, Inflammation, and Infectious Disease
PIs: Brian Evavold, Matthew Williams
Focus Area: Infectious, autoimmune, inflammatory, and immunodeficiency diseases
Initiative for Maximizing Student Development
PIs: H. Joseph Yost, Kristen Kwan
Focus Areas: Diversity in STEM, Biomedical science
Program for Interdisciplinary Training in Chemical Biology
PI: Michael Kay
Focus Areas: Chemical biology, Drug discovery
Neuroimmunology Training Program
PIs: Ryan O'Connell, Karen Wilcox
Focus Areas: Neuroimmunology, Neurobiology of Disease, Glia Biology
Accepts Predoctoral & Postdoctoral Trainees
Biomedical Informatics Training Grant
PI: Karen Eilbeck
Focus Areas: Health Care/Clinical Informatics, Clinical Research Informatics, Public Health Informatics, Translational Bioinformatics
Developmental Biology Training Program
PIs: : H. Joseph Yost, Kristen Kwan
Focus Areas: Developmental Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology
Interdisciplinary Training in Computational Approaches to Diabetes & Metabolism Research
PIs: Karen Eilbeck, Marcus Pezzolesi
Focus Areas: Computational biology, Mathematical biology, Metabolic disease.
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Metabolism
PI: Scott Summers
Focus Areas: Mitochondria, Lipid metabolism, Adipose biology, Diabetes
Training Program in Microbial Pathogenesis
PIs: Matthew Mulvey, Vicente Planelles
Focus Areas: Microbiology, Immunology, Infectious diseases, Host defense.
Spheres of Translation Across the Research Spectrum (STARS)
PIs: Angie Fagerlin, Keke Fairfax
Focus Area: Translational science, Biomedical science, Implementation
Training in Development of Interventions for the Treatment of Neurological & Neurobehavioral Disorders
PI: Kristen Keefe
Focus Areas: Translational science, Neuroscience, Neurology, Device and Drug development
Vision Research Training Grant
PI: David Krizaj
Focus Areas: Vision science, Connectomics, Visual behavior, Translational science
Accepts Postdoctoral Trainees
Cardiovascular Research
PIs: Stavros Drakos, Robin Shaw
Focus Areas: Pathophysiology and treatment of cardiovascular disease
Training Program in Genomic Medicine
PI: Lynn Jorde
Focus Areas: Human genetics, Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Molecular diagnostics, Pharmacogenomics
Multidisciplinary Pulmonary and Critical Care Research Training Program
PI: Robert Paine
Focus Areas: Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Medical Student Training Grants (Short-Term)
Short-Term Training: Students in Health Professional Schools
Medical Student Research Program in Eye Health and Disease
Medical Student Research Program in Metabolism, Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases
PIs: Srini Beddhu, June Round
Career Development Programs for Clinical Residents and Junior Faculty
Institutional Career Development Core
PI: Maureen Murtaugh
Pediatric Critical Care and Trauma Scientist Development Program
PI: Heather Keenan
Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (StARR)
PIs: Molly Conroy , Joseph Stanford
Utah Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program
PI: Robert Silver