# NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience-Administrative Supplement

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2021 · $41,919

## Abstract

Project Summary (as submitted in 2015 for current funded project)
This application is a request for continuing support for a predoctoral NIDA Training Program in
Neuroscience, which was founded at The University of Michigan (UM) in 1995. The major goal
of this Program is to recruit and develop student interest in research related to the neurobiology
of substance abuse, and to provide the necessary infrastructure for trainees to pursue these
interests as they work towards their doctoral degree in the field of neuroscience. To be eligible
for support by the NIDA Training Program students must first gain admittance to an existing UM
graduate program in the biological, biomedical or natural sciences, such as the
interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program or the Biopsychology Program. Students
nominated for support by the NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience are selected on the basis
of two criteria: 1) academic qualifications and references (i.e. academic excellence), and 2) the
relevance of their program of study and research interests to the NIDA mission. After admission
to the NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience, students pursue a program of study in the
neurosciences, including a required course on the neuropsychopharmacology of substance
abuse and an accompanying seminar series involving the NIDA Training Program faculty. The
NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience consists of 18 affiliated faculty, all of whom conduct
research related to the biological basis of substance abuse. Most of the faculty are either a
principal or co-investigator on a NIDA-funded research grant. The core faculty members have
changed since the prior funding cycle, with 7 new faculty replacing those who are no longer
conducting relevant research at the University of Michigan. Most of these new faculty members
are considered junior investigators; thus, there is a plan in place for more senior faculty to serve
as co-mentors for any trainees that join a junior faculty’s lab. In addition, the faculty affiliated
with this training grant are assisted by over 120 Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty who
are also involved in many aspects of the training. The training grant is used primarily to
foster interest in students to do research rotations in a laboratory that studies the neurobiology
of substance abuse, and to ultimately choose one of these labs for their dissertation work. In
addition, we hope to maintain their interest in substance abuse research throughout their
dissertation work with journal clubs, seminar series and social events that will be open to all
current and previous trainees supported by this training grant. The NIDA Training Program in
Neuroscience is administered by a Director and a Co-Director, and now includes a Director of
Student Development in order to enhance the experience of the trainees

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10439321
- **Project number:** 3T32DA007281-25S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** Shelly Beth Flagel
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $41,919
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1995-06-15 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10439321

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10439321, NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience-Administrative Supplement (3T32DA007281-25S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10439321. Licensed CC0.

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