Workshop

TO:                  Department and Graduate Admissions Chairs          

                       Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 

                       Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Human Genetics, 

                       Mathematics, Molecular and Cellular Developmental Biology,      and Statistics

                       Participating Faculty, Genome Science Training Program

       

FROM:            Michael Boehnke, Department of Biostatistics

                       Director, Genome Science Training Program

RE:                 Nominations for NIH Genome Science Training Program

DATE:             January 18, 2013

The Genome Science Training Program (GSTP) at the University of Michigan provides support for pre- and post-doctoral training at the interface of statistical, computational, and molecular genetics under support from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

Since its inception in 1995, the Program has supported 68 trainees, and is supporting 13 during the 2012-2013 academic year.  Training support may be for up to three years.  United States citizens and permanent residents are eligible for support.

Pre-doctoral trainees can be new applicants to a relevant University of Michigan graduate program (including Bioinformatics; Biostatistics; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Epidemiology; Human Genetics; Mathematics; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; and Statistics) or continuing Michigan students at any stage in their graduate studies.  Pre-doctoral trainees are expected to undertake a core curriculum of the Training Program, which is described in the handbook on page 7 at http://csg.sph.umich.edu/training/handbook_2012.pdf.  Post-doctoral trainees should have a doctoral degree and a desire to pursue these areas of study with a University of Michigan faculty member.

Pre-doctoral trainees are provided with full tuition (two semesters) and a stipend ($22,032 in 2012-2013).  Post-doctoral trainees receive the standard NIH stipend level which is based on years of post-doctoral experience.  Trainees also may receive travel funds towards attendance at a scientific meeting.

Students who are not eligible or not chosen to be financially supported by the program may still be offered training program student member status.  Student members will be expected to complete training program core courses and will be eligible to participate in all training program activities, including journals clubs, seminars and retreats.

Applications and nominations for training program funding and/or membership are due March 1 and should include:  CV, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, GRE scores, at least three letters of recommendation from undergraduate or graduate faculty, and a statement of research interests, experience, and training goals.  The statement should make clear the interdisciplinary nature of the applicant's interests.  Application information should be sent to:

Michael Boehnke, Ph.D.
Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029

The Training Program Executive Committee meets in early March to evaluate and select trainees for the program.  Nominations and applications received after March 1 will be considered if positions remain.

For more information on the training program, please contact Michael Boehnke (936-1001, boehnke@umich.edu) or Dawn Keene (647-3944, dhke@umich.edu), or visit our website at http://csg.sph.umich.edu/.

I look forward to hearing from you about potential trainees.