# Yale Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $260,735

## Abstract

Project Summary
This proposal describes a Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at Yale University that
will provide seven (7) underrepresented (UR) participants with a one-year program of evidence-informed
faculty and near-peer effective mentored research training and technical, operational, and professional skills
development for entry into rigorous biomedical, research-focused Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs. Participants
will serve as research post-baccalaureates at nine person-months (75% full-time) effort and three person-
months (25% full-time) effort to further skills development. The long-term goal of the proposed PREP is to
expand the pool of well-trained, diverse biomedical scientists with the range of perspectives needed to address
important problems in human health and disease, including health disparities.
The proposed Yale PREP will recruit baccalaureate graduates from a wide range of colleges and universities
but especially Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)
through established partnerships. The Yale PREP will also leverage its long-standing, 28-year relationship,
with the Leadership Alliance to recruit and mentor participants.
Specific measurable PREP participant objectives include: (1) Increased level of preparedness for applying to
Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs; (2) Increased knowledge and understanding across biomedical disciplines; (3)
Increased understanding of scientific reasoning, rigorous research design, experimental methods, and
quantitative and computational approaches; (4) Increased understanding of what it means to approach and
conduct research responsibly, ethically, and with integrity; (5) Experience initiating, conducting, analyzing,
interpreting, and presenting reproducible research with increasing self-direction; (6) Development of skills to
communicate scientific research methodologies and findings to a wide variety of audiences in writing and
verbally; (7) Increased health disparities knowledge; (8) Increased knowledge of the varied career paths in
biomedical research. Expected outcomes include: (1) Having greater than 75% of participants transition into
rigorous research-focused Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs in biomedical fields within two years of completing
the PREP; (2) Having Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. completion rates of former PREP participants that are comparable
to or greater than students in similar disciplines at their institution; and (3) Having former PREP participants
enter careers in the biomedical research workforce.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10474267
- **Project number:** 5R25GM140278-02
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Anton M Bennett
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $260,735
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2026-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10474267

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10474267, Yale Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (5R25GM140278-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10474267. Licensed CC0.

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