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• The DEB is a formal training program for the NIH Training Grant.
   
• The DEB provides training and a structure for interdisciplinary interactions, in addition to our established graduate programs.
   
• The DEB provides a formal accreditation (on diploma & transcript) to reflect biotechnology training in cross-disciplines.
   
• Not all the DEB students will be part of the NIH Biotechnology Training Program. The fellows are a select subset, based on a highly competitive nomination & selection process:
   
  • Nomination by a Faculty Trainer and completion of an application by the student
     
  • Ranking by the Executive Committee of the Program. It is based on:
     
    1. Academic Merit
    2. Quality of the Research
    3. Interdisciplinary Nature of Research
    4. Willingness to complete an Internship
    
     
  • Funding is available to 2^nd - 4^th year students only.
     
  • Fellows must reapply each year for continued funding
     
  • Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents

For more information please contact the Biotechnology Program or Dr. Judith Kjelstrom, the Director of the Biotechnology Program.