# Enhancing biomedical research training program evaluation capacity

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2020 · $86,400

## Abstract

Project Summary
Evaluating training program efficacy and using that information to improve trainee success has become even
more important than ever for biomedical research training programs. In this proposal, the 6 NIGMS-funded T32
training programs for PhD and MD/PhD predoctoral students at the University of Pennsylvania, including the
MSTP program directed by the P.I., will work together to put into place an improved infrastructure for program
evaluation built around short and long term metrics for success. Our goals are to: 1) improve our ability to
assess the impact of courses, workshops and skills training programs, 2) develop sustainable tools for tracking
short and long term outcomes, and 3) identify predictors of trainee success during and after completion of the
training program. Reaching these goals will improve our ability to answer critical questions, including what has
been the impact of each training program? How well do students supported by our NIGMS T32 grants do
compared to their colleagues who were not supported in achieving sustainable careers consistent with the
goals of each training program? In other words, does being in our training programs make a difference? The
P.I. of this proposal has had considerable experience evaluating the outcomes of MD/PhD programs at the
national level and in working with others to disseminate the results. Penn's institutional commitment to
achieving these goals is strong and will be sustained well beyond the period of the supplement. University
resources that will be drawn upon include Penn's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), Penn's Office of
Institutional Research and Analysis, and the offices of Biomedical Graduate Studies and the Combined Degree
and Physician Scholars Programs.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10155854
- **Project number:** 3T32GM007170-46S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** LAWRENCE F BRASS
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $86,400
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1975-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10155854

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10155854, Enhancing biomedical research training program evaluation capacity (3T32GM007170-46S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10155854. Licensed CC0.

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