Minority students are particularly encouraged to apply to . The trainee's stipend is equivalent to top offers made to other incoming students. Trainees also receive a small allowance for educational expenses and some assistance towards attendance at scientific conferences. Student trainees participate in all training grant-sponsored activities throughout their studies. Irrespective of their home unit, all trainees have full flexibility to train in the laboratory of any training faculty.
Trainees present their research at the program's annual research symposium.
They organize and attend a monthly seminar series in which distinguished national and international scientists are invited to the University to present their work and meet with trainees. Finally, trainees participate in an informal, monthly get-together that provides an opportunity for both social and scientific exchange. Additional information is also available at the website for the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, the School of Chemical Sciences, and the Department of Physics. Our faculty recognize the need to recruit and support significant numbers of talented people of color for graduate training in the sciences, to ensure a growing diversity of highly qualified individuals in an increasingly professional and technological society. The Molecular Biophysics Training Program and its participating faculty are committed to enhancing diversity in science by creating an inclusive environment for all minority students.