Graduate Training Grants
Many training grants at UC Davis support predoctoral and postdoctoral training in the biological sciences. Below is a list of training grants available to graduate students in basic biology research areas, including those that are funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Basic Neuroscience Training Program
This is a jointly sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional pre-doctoral training program grant from 40 neuroscientists across 11 academic departments at UC Davis. The goal of the program is to provide a broad training in the fundamental principles of neuroscience for entering students that will lay solid foundations for their specialized research in advanced years and provide them with the broad perspective essential for their establishing successful independent research programs in neuroscience in their future careers. Trainees participate in a teaching program especially designed to give exposure to as broad a range of modern neuroscience sub disciplines and technologies as possible including cellular and molecular neuroscience, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, neurogenetics, systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience and modeling, the neurobiology of disease, and central neural mechanisms of behavior.
Contact: Edward G. Jones, Center for Neuroscience, ejones@ucdavis.edu
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Basic and Clinical Communication Science Training Program
This training program supports medical students, ENT residents, graduate and postdoctoral trainees in a blend of basic and clinical science, which is tailored towards the science related to communicative disorders. The goal of this training program is to produce a new type of clinician scientist who is poised to exchange ideas, expertise, and techniques leading to the direct and effective flow and translation of basic-science discoveries into clinical testing and applications. The training program will be enhanced from formal course work that will focus on: 1) communication science, 2) summer schools, 3) "doctrine" from bench to bedside, 4) biostatistics and epidemiology including clinical-study design, 5) bioethics, 6) molecular biology and genetics, with emphasis on human genetics and diseases, 7) oral presentation skills, 8) grant and manuscript writing strategies, and 9) understanding career-related issues.
Contact: Ebenezer Yamoah, Center for Neuroscience, enyamoah@ucdavis.edu
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Biomolecular Technology Training Grant /Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology (DEB)
This program provides well-coordinated multidisciplinary training of pre-doctoral graduate students in critical areas of biotechnology research that address public health and a structure for interdisciplinary research environments that integrate basic biological science and engineering disciplines as well as academic and industrial experiences. The formal training program is the Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology (DEB) graduate program.
Director: Bruce Hammock, bdhammock@ucdavis.edu; Co-Directors: Karen McDonald, kamcdonald@ucdavis.edu; and Martina Newell-McGloughlin, mmmcgloughlin@ucdavis.edu; Program Coordinator: Judith A. Kjelstrom, (530) 752-8228 or jakjelstrom@ucdavis.edu.
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CREATE-IGERT Training Fellowships
The multi-institutional National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, entitled Collaborative Research and Education in Agricultural Technologies and Engineering (CREATE) is an interdisciplinary graduate research and educational training program focused on the use of transgenic plants and in-vitro plant systems in three research focus areas: Biofuels & Biorefineries; Plant-Made Products and Environmental Sustainability. First, second and third year doctoral students working with CREATE-IGERT faculty trainers may be nominated for support. A brochure about the CREATE-IGERT program is available here (PDF file.)
Contact: Dr. Denneal Jamison-McClung, UC Davis Biotechnology Program, dsjamison@ucdavis.edu.
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Fertilization and Early Development Training Grant
The Fertilization and Early Development Training Grant, funded by the National Institutes of Health, provides predoctoral and postdoctoral training in the cellular aspects of fertilization and early development. The program fosters laboratory interaction through weekly journal clubs, monthly seminars, and an annual research meeting.
Principal Investigator: Jerry L. Hedrick, jlhedrick@ucdavis.edu.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (UC Davis-HHMI) Training Program in Translational Research
The goal of this training program is to introduce highly-qualified and highly-motivated PhD students in biomedical research and engineering to the world of clinical medicine, through a joint effort of the UC Davis Health System and the College of Biological Sciences.
Contact: Dr. Judith Kjelstrom, jakjelstrom@ucdavis.edu.
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Molecular and Cellular Biology Training Grant
The National Institutes of Health funds this training grant, which is designed to provide graduate students with broad training in all aspects of basic molecular and cellular biology research. The grant provides stipends to graduate students who conduct research in specially designated laboratories. The training grant also funds an annual retreat and seminar program that unify, and facilitate communication among, molecular and cellular biologists on the UC Davis campus.
Principal Investigator: Carol Erickson, caerickson@ucdavis.edu.
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National Institutes of Health-Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (NIH-IMSD)
Contact: Dr. Connie Champagne, cechampagne@ucdavis.edu
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REACH-IGERT Training Fellowships
Responding to Rapid Environmental Change: From Genes to Ecosystems, Science to Society.
Contact: Dr. Carole Hom, clhom at ucdavis dot edu or 530-754-9733.