Graduate Training in Molecular Biosciences

描述（由申请人提供）：威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的分子生物科学培训资助（MBTG）计划支持并加强了对那些渴望成为细胞，生物化学和分子科学研究领导者的博士前学生的培训。MBTG计划从26个不同的部门挑选了94名国家认可的培训师来指导学员。每年从500多名符合培训补助金资格的申请人中挑选出优秀的学生，以获得一流的校园博士学位。课程，包括生物化学，细胞和分子生物学，微生物学综合计划。MBTG计划为学员提供早期和密集的方向和建议，扩大实验室轮换机会，并支持智力和专业发展。通过广泛的核心课程和每周一次的系列研讨会促进跨学科培训。MBTG计划还提供适当的科学行为，进度跟踪和职业咨询方面的指导。在其35年的历史中，MBTG计划已经加强了对500多名研究生的培训，其中许多人已经成为学术界，工业界和政府实验室以及非营利组织的领导者。我们目前有62名受训人员，其中34人在任何时候都得到培训补助金的支助。MBTG计划由一个专门的指导委员会指导，该委员会由六名培训师，两名学员和一名计划管理员组成。的博士为MBTG项目贡献学生的项目得到了大学的大力支持，形式是为代表性不足的少数民族候选人提供招募资金和奖学金。华盛顿大学校园不断改善我们的国家的最先进的生物科学研究设施，这直接有利于MBTG学员和培训师。这一努力确保了威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校在生物医学研究方面的持续隆起。为了利用不断扩大的研究基础设施和培训人员库，我们要求逐步增加资助职位，从目前的34个增加到2015年的40个。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG) Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison supports and enhances the training of predoctoral students who aspire to become research leaders in the cellular, biochemical, and molecular sciences. The MBTG Program has selected a strong cadre of 94 nationally recognized trainers from 26 different departments to mentor trainees. Trainees are selected each year from an outstanding pool of over 500 training grant-eligible applicants to top-ranked campus Ph.D. programs, including the Integrated Program in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology. The MBTG Program provides trainees with early and intensive orientation and advising, expanded lab rotation opportunities, and support for intellectual and professional development. Interdisciplinary training is promoted by a broad core curriculum and a weekly seminar series. The MBTG Program also provides instruction in appropriate scientific conduct, progress tracking, and career advising. In its 35 year history, the MBTG Program has enhanced the training of well over 500 graduate students, many of whom have become leaders in academia, industry and government laboratories, and non-profit organizations. We currently have 62 trainees, 34 of whom are supported on training grant funds at any one time. The MBTG Program is directed by a dedicated Steering Committee consisting of six trainers, two trainees, and a program administrator. The Ph.D. programs that contribute students to the MBTG Program receive substantial support from the university in the form of recruiting funds and fellowships for underrepresented minority candidates. The UW campus continually improves our state-of-the-art facilities for biosciences research, which directly benefits MBTG trainees and trainers. This effort assures UW-Madison's continued eminence in biomedical research. To capitalize on the expanding research infrastructure and trainer pool, we request a gradual increase of funded positions from the current 34 to 40 by the year 2015.