# Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2021 · $163,225

## Abstract

Program Summary
The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics at the University of Iowa has a 45-year history of training
PhD students in Genetics, with well over 100 graduates in that time. The program currently serves 71 faculty
and 43 students in four colleges and 17 academic departments across our campus. Since the time of the last
competitive submission of this application, our interdisciplinary faculty has grown by 4 with an average of 7
new students entering the program each year. Our Computational Genetics subtrack was one of the first
programs in the country to offer in-depth PhD training at the interface between genetics, genomics and
bioinformatics, and 15 students have now graduated from the subtrack, four of which are already in faculty
positions. We have an enviable record of program completion, on-time graduation rates, publications and
awards, as well as career advancement to postdoctoral fellowships and faculty positions at research-intensive
universities. We have made continuing progress in diversifying our student population, and incorporated
several strategies to build on a nucleus of minority students, as well as to enhance the retention of these and
indeed all students in the program. In this renewal application we request a continuation of the six fellowship
slots we currently have available to serve our cadre of high quality and productive students. This application
will outline our successes over the last 40 years of program existence, our current structure, and plans for
future improvements in diversity, enhanced career development initiatives for versatility in employment, as well
as student and faculty mentoring. We have a cohesive group of students working with a broad and diverse
collection of faculty who represent the genetics community in all its facets. Finally we have stable program
leadership at both the faculty and administrative level and very strong support within the graduate college and
the institution that helps to ensure not only the continued success of the program but its further strengthening
and diversification at a time when scientific careers are proving increasingly challenging.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10204011
- **Project number:** 5T32GM008629-25
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** DANIEL F EBERL
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $163,225
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10204011

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10204011, Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics (5T32GM008629-25). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10204011. Licensed CC0.

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