Training Grants

Learn how to become an exceptional scientist, experience 2-3 months of industry science, and promote synergy among disciplines through Journal Clubs/Data Sessions, Seminars, and Symposia.

The Predoctoral Cancer Training Program is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in cancer research. Our objective is to supplement the comprehensive educational goals of the doctoral programs in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Virginia with specific cancer-oriented research and training activities.

Our areas of emphasis include studies of basic cardiovascular function (focus on smooth muscle, endothelium and leukocytes), as well as cardiovascular diseases (focus on atherosclerosis, hypertension, and stroke). A major and continuing focus of our studies is to develop novel drugs, devices, diagnostic methods, and therapeutic approaches to advance treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

The Cell and Molecular Biology faculty at the University of Virginia provides a comprehensive graduate training program in modern cell and molecular biological sciences. It is the purpose of the program to provide the widest possible choice of mentors, and hence, research areas, while offering an individually-tailored academic program for each graduate student.

The Molecular Biophysics Predoctoral Training Program is supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences designed to provide students with a strong foundation in molecular biophysics, i.e. the use of approaches derived from chemistry and physics to study biological questions.

The Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Virginia trains tomorrow’s neuroscientists through well-funded individual research laboratories, supported by numerous institutional state-of-the-art core research facilities. Our graduate students carry out cutting-edge, original research and graduate to be leaders in academia, government, industry, and science education.  

Faculty of the Department of Pharmacology bring to bear a wide range of scientific approaches and technical methods to address fundamental questions of cellular signaling related to neural transmission, hormone and growth factor signaling, cell cycle regulation, neoplasia and regulation of gene expression.

The SBDS training program prepares the next generation of transdisciplinary biomedical scientists at the interface of quantitative biology, systems biology, machine learning, and informatics. The one-year SBDS curriculum guides a cohort of second year Ph.D. students through coursework, a discussion series on collaborative foundations, a journal club, a hackathon, and an 80-hour research immersion in the laboratory of an approved co-mentor who is complementary to the primary mentor. SBDS alumni remain connected to the training program through a sustained relationship with their co-mentor and journal-club flexibility for discussions of research in progress and follow-on fellowship applications.