# UTHealth-LINK- A PREP program

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · 2021 · $260,296

## Abstract

Buoyed by the awarding of an NIGMS IMSD, UT Health’s graduate school undertook a strategic and institutional
challenge to increase the pool of underrepresented (UR) students being trained in our doctoral programs. Over
the last seven years, our efforts and initiatives have led to increases in the numbers of UR students applying to,
matriculating in, and graduating from, our biomedical doctoral programs. With the current PREP mechanism, we
intend to develop another pipeline into the biomedical sciences for students who are talented and passionate,
yet underprepared for graduate education.
We are proposing the UTHealth-LINK post baccalaureate training program with the overarching goal of
implementing proven, evidence-based approaches to recruit a pool of candidates committed to careers in
biomedical research. It is our expectation that this program will result in these students successfully competing
for entrance into highly competitive doctoral training programs, and ultimately, realizing productive careers in the
biomedical sciences.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10104518
- **Project number:** 5R25GM130437-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** BABATUNDE OLUKAYODE OYAJOBI
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $260,296
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-02-11 → 2025-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10104518

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10104518, UTHealth-LINK- A PREP program (5R25GM130437-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10104518. Licensed CC0.

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