# Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant

> **NIH NIH T35** · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · 2021 · $85,244

## Abstract

Project Summary (Abstract)
Training at all levels is an important priority to the University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine (COM) and the Children's Hospital. The COM and the Children's Hospital have
established extensive programs for developing M.D., Ph.D. and M.D./Ph. D fellows and
faculty into independent clinical and basic science investigators. Most medical students
never develop an appreciation for, or an interest in, the translational aspect of basic science due
to the limited opportunities to participate in laboratory, clinical or translational research during
their initial years of training. In 1990, the College of Medicine developed a summer program
to train medical students in research and offered opportunities to train 10 to 15 medical
students/year. This proposal represents the third competitive renewal of a Short Term
Medical Student Training Grant after 15 years of support from NIDDK. During the last 5
years, 73 students have participated in an 8-week Summer Program between the first and
second years of medical school. The current summer program has a well-organized
method of selection of trainees and mentors as well as an effective means of assessing the
trainees' progress. A faculty of 35 Ph.Ds., M.D.s and M.D./Ph.Ds. from multiple
departments/divisions with a proven track record of success in research with programs
pursuing with NIDDK-related focuses and mentoring are available to the students from the
University of Cincinnati and other institutions from whom underrepresented racial and ethnic
groups will be recruited. Included within the program are opportunities to pursue basic and
clinical research projects with weekly meetings at which instruction in responsible conduct
of research, human subject protection, research ethics, conflict of interest and presentation
and publication of results is provided. Students present their proposed projects to peers and
mentors at the beginning of the summer and at a fall symposium when the results are
presented poster format with a nationally recognized M.D. investigator visiting as a keynote
speaker. With this application, we are requesting 12 positions for summer students during
between 1st and 2nd years of instruction. Experience with this program has suggested that it
provides an excellent exposure to research for medical students with an excellent track
record of presentation and publication of results with the goal that support for this program
should help to increase the pool of M.D.'s who will pursue basic or patient-oriented research
careers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10135042
- **Project number:** 5T35DK060444-18
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
- **Principal Investigator:** JASON T BLACKARD
- **Activity code:** T35 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $85,244
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2002-04-01 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10135042

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10135042, Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant (5T35DK060444-18). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10135042. Licensed CC0.

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