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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. 

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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 

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Genetics Training Program

PIs: Gillian Stanfield, David Grunwald, Kent Golic

Focus Areas: Genetics research

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Cross-Disciplinary Training in Immunology, Inflammation, and Infectious Disease

PIs: Brian Evavold, Matthew Williams

Focus Area: Infectious, autoimmune, inflammatory, and immunodeficiency diseases

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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

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Neuroimmunology Training Program

PIs: Ryan O'ConnellKaren 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

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Developmental Biology Training Program

PIs: H. Joseph Yost, Kristen Kwan

Focus Areas: Developmental Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology

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Interdisciplinary Training in Computational Approaches to Diabetes & Metabolism Research

PIs: Karen Eilbeck, Marcus Pezzolesi

Focus Areas: Computational biology, Mathematical biology, Metabolic disease.

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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.

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Spheres of Translation Across the Research Spectrum (STARS)

PIs: Angie Fagerlin, Keke Fairfax

Focus Area: Translational science, Biomedical science, Implementation 

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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

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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

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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

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Medical Student Research Program in Eye Health and Disease

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Medical Student Research Program in Metabolism, Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases

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Career Development Programs for Clinical Residents and Junior Faculty

Institutional Career Development Core

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Pediatric Critical Care and Trauma Scientist Development Program

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Utah Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (StARR)

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Utah Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program

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