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T32 CAM Research Training Grant Funded by NIH/NCCAM
Training for Short Term Trainees
Training for Short Term Trainees
Academic requirements
This program will recruit six trainees for short-term training during each of the five years of the grant. We will enlist candidates whose professional interests and career goals are to conduct CAM research. Applicants will be selected based upon the strength of their educational background and their demonstrated interest in CAM.Applicants must establish a connection with a mentor and be approved to work on a specific project during the training.
We will select candidates who have the strongest undergraduate background in research (e.g. candidates who wrote a senior thesis) and in scientific coursework, including laboratory classes. We will evaluate their letters of support and carefully assess their level of interest in CAM.
Program schedule and evaluation
The training duration is three months and will take place during the summer quarter. Trainees will be recruited, using the methods described above, and will work with a mentor. Trainees that intend to involve human subjects must plan for getting IRB approval prior to the start of their project.The mentor will monitor the trainee's progress. At the end of the three-month duration, both trainee and mentor will write a formal evaluation. While we will recruit new candidates each year, individual trainees who demonstrate high productivity during the first year of their support may also be encouraged to continue their research using these funds in subsequent years.
Research and related activities
The primary goal of this training grant is to prepare students for eventual careers in research and academic medicine that will contribute to the body of CAM-relevant research. These short-term positions will allow students to work in an intensive fashion to perform a research project.Laboratory work will be performed either at the Tierney Basic Sciences Research Laboratory at Bastyr University, or in laboratories at the UW, FHCRC and WSU. Students will perform data collection and analysis, then write the results of their project in the form of a scientific manuscript. These students will be encouraged to attend the same seminars and journal clubs as postdoctoral trainees. Trainees are expected to present their research and findings at a conference at Bastyr University and are encouraged to present their data at local, regional and national meetings when appropriate.
Criteria
Applications will be reviewed using the following general criteria:
- Scientific merit of the proposed project
- Feasibility of completion of proposed project (including trainee preparation and experience, budget considerations, and funding time-frame)
- Relevance of proposal to student's CAM research career goals and evidence of long-term commitment to research
- Commitment of the mentor to the proposed training plan
In addition, in the final selection process consideration may be given to assuring diversity of applicants from different degree programs and with different scientific focus areas (e.g. clinical vs. basic research). In general, to ensure high quality training experience, no more than one applicant per mentor will be funded; however depending on the specific project and training proposed it is possible for a mentor to have more than one short-term trainee per funding cycle.
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