# Training in Biotechnology: Emphasis in Protein Chemistry

> **NIH NIH T32** · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $48,241

## Abstract

The Washington State University Protein Biotechnology Program is an NIGMS-supported training program
that prepares graduate students to translate fundamental scientific discoveries into biotechnological
innovations. Our program includes 45 students and 45 faculty who represent five diverse graduate programs
in four different colleges. This long-running collaboration offers interdisciplinary training to individual
students and has resulted in strengthened curricular and physical connections between affiliated departments.
As a supplement to home degree requirements, the Biotech program sponsors inter-departmental rotations,
supported industrial internships, courses on research practice and biotechnological entrepreneurship, monthly
student Forums, student-organized annual research symposia, and enhanced research mentoring. These
activities provide Biotechnology Trainees and other Washington State University students unique
opportunities for skill development and research career awareness.
To further increase the ability of our faculty Trainers to contribute to this training program, we propose to add
a monthly “Faculty Forum” that, without duplicating existing efforts, will synergize Trainee-advisor
mentoring, build additional cohort unity, and enhance the effect of other training program activities—
benefiting students and faculty. Faculty Forum curriculum will be comprised of three components: Entering
Mentoring activities, cohort specific training, and engagements that connect faculty with each other, Trainees,
and WSU resources. Evaluation will include use of the CIMER assessment platform, drawn on a proven
program for evaluating Entering Mentoring implementations and mentoring climate. Biotech program
facilitators will attend training to develop transferable, enduring facilitation capacity. Mentoring curriculum
and facilitation expertise will be shared with other Washington State University entities; e.g., both the
Provost’s office and the iPBS graduate umbrella want to add mentor training that will be informed by our
trailblazing efforts. Program and outcomes will also be shared publicly via our website, NIGMS presentations,
and (as warranted) publication. Grant funds will catalyze year one access to resources and activity and created
capacities will be sustained by existing institutional supports and collaborations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10393848
- **Project number:** 3T32GM008336-33S1
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** JOHN W PETERS
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $48,241
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1989-09-27 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10393848

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10393848, Training in Biotechnology: Emphasis in Protein Chemistry (3T32GM008336-33S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10393848. Licensed CC0.

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