Professional Development - Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences

Graduate Student Resources

Training Opportunities

The Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences is deeply invested in providing current graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with comprehensive training opportunities. These opportunities are designed to equip them with the advanced skills and knowledge necessary for a successful career in a research-intensive field. Through a combination of rigorous coursework, hands-on laboratory experience, and professional development workshops, the school aims to cultivate the next generation of innovative scientists and researchers.

GPS-STEM

GPS-STEM is run in coordination with four STEM Schools (Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) and offers workshops and hands-on experiences to develop professional soft skills that are valued by academia, government, and industry sectors. > Learn More about GPS-STEM

Research Development and Administration

The Research Development office offers graduate students and postdoctoral scholars one-on-one help to develop and submit fellowship proposals. These prestigious awards give trainees the ability to tailor their research training to career goals, attend conferences and network, and attend workshops and programming geared toward professional development. Examples include the NIH F31, F32, F99, and K99 and NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement grants and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology. Please email the Research Development Team at bio-research@uci.edu for assistance with proposal development and submission

Graduate Professional Success Program (GPS)

Located in UCI Graduate Division, GPS serves as an umbrella for individual or thematic workshops, certificate programs, and academic courses designed to educate students about and prepare them for new and exciting career opportunities within academia and beyond. > Learn More

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

As part of UCI Graduate Division, OPA has primary responsibility for overseeing the postdoctoral experience at UCI. Dedicated to the professional success of all postdoctoral scholars, they provide administrative support, management of UC policies that pertain to postdoctoral scholars, support for mentoring networks, and professional development training programs.

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Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Training Grants

Research training grants provide funding to support current graduate students and current or prospective postdoctoral scholars by paying for tuition, stipends, and fees. These grants primarily support trainees to perform research and also offer opportunities for academic enrichment. Faculty members select trainees to be part of the training program. If you are interested in learning more about a training program, click the project title to view an abstract or consult the training grant website.

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PI(s)	Project Title (click for abstract)	Funder/Mechanism	Trainee Type	Grant Period	Summary	Website
Arthur Lander (DCB), Qing Nie (SOM)	Mathematical, Computational, and Systems Biology	NIH T32	Graduate	7/2020 to 6/2025	The goal of this program is to provide students from a variety of educational backgrounds with Ph.D. training suitable for research careers in the nascent field of Systems Biology. The program emphasizes in-depth classroom study, interdisciplinary research rotations, and individualized advising.	https://ccbs.uci.edu/education/mcsb/
Bert Semler (SOM)	Virus-Host Interactions: A Multi-Scale Training Program	NIH T32	Graduate	9/1988 to 8/2025	The goal of this program is to train graduate students in the fundamental aspects of molecular virology as they relate to the regulation of gene expression, virus structure, virus-host interactions and pathogenesis. The program also emphasizes interdisciplinary training in viral proteomics as it relates to structures of viral proteins as well as intact virus particles.	https://cvr.bio.uci.edu/vtg/
Bogi Andersen (SOM), Anand Ganesan (SOM)	Interdisciplinary Training Program in Skin Biology	NIH T32	Graduate, Postdoc	5/2022 to 4/2027	The goal of this program is to develop skin biologists that will be highly skilled in integrating bioengineering, including imaging, and computation into their research to make discoveries in skin biology.	https://skincenter.uci.edu/index.php
Carl Cotman (NBB), Andrea Tenner (MBB)	Training in the Neurobiology of Aging	NIH T32	Graduate, Postdoc	9/1982 to 4/2024	This training program emphasizes preparation and instruction in the application of molecular and quantitative approaches to the elucidation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of age-related neurodegeneration, brain plasticity during aging, and age-related changes in learning and memory.	https://mind.uci.edu/research-education-component/#announcements
Christopher Hughes (MBB)	Training Program in Cardiovascular Applied Research and Entrepreneurship	NIH T32	Graduate	6/2013 to 5/2023	The CARE training program trains graduate students at the intersection of engineering, cardiovascular science, and entrepreneurship. The expectation is that these trainees will produce quality and impactful research in cardiovascular science and technology and develop enhanced skills to assess the translational potential of cardiovascular research.	https://circ.eng.uci.edu/research/graduate-care-program/

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