# Michigan Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2022 · $520,362

## Abstract

Project Summary / Abstract
The University of Michigan proposes a predoctoral Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program for a
select group of Ph.D. students. The number of training slots requested for this program is ten per year for a
five-year period of support. Students will be appointed to the training program for two years beginning in the
second year of their Ph.D. program. A diverse cohort of talented and promising trainees will be selected, and
faculty mentors will adopt best practices in the retention of trainees throughout their graduate studies. The
participating units are the Department of Chemistry, the Biophysics Program, and the Department of Molecular
Cellular and Developmental Biology from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; the Department of
Biological Chemistry, the Department of Pharmacology, and the Department of Pathology from the Medical
School; the Department of Medicinal Chemistry from the College of Pharmacy; the Program in Chemical
Biology, and the Life Sciences Institute. The faculty of the CBI Training Program includes chemical biologists,
synthetic organic and inorganic chemists, bioorganic chemists, bioanalytical chemists, mechanistic
enzymologists, spectroscopists, and crystallographers.
The curriculum of the training program includes a novel student sabbatical to be completed before graduation
and, preferably, while the trainee is supported by the training grant. This sabbatical program is one of the most
significant and unique opportunities available to the University of Michigan CBI trainees. Innovative career
development training, including panels and hands-on training through the sabbatical program, will provide
students with exposure to a wide range of possible career paths. Two core courses in Chemical Biology and a
CBI seminar course are integral to the program. Research and classroom training will also emphasize
responsible conduct in research and strategies for conducting reproducible research with the highest standards
of scientific rigor. Research opportunities for the trainees are varied and involve faculty with a wide range of
expertise in research at the interface of chemistry and biology. The trainees have access to the most
sophisticated techniques and instrumentation in modern research at this interface. The Michigan CBI training
program supports students both from research groups that have historically focused on purely chemical or
purely biological problems as well as research groups with a strong core emphasis in chemical biology. This
varied perspective provides strengths and opportunities integral to the training program. The faculty of the
training program has a long history of collaborative research, and this interactive approach to research is a
central theme in the training of a new generation of scientists.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10440252
- **Project number:** 5T32GM132046-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** Kristin S Koutmou
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $520,362
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10440252

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10440252, Michigan Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program (5T32GM132046-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10440252. Licensed CC0.

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