# Training Grant in Circadian and Sleep Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $420,281

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
 This is a renewal application of an established NHLBI- sponsored T32, “Training Grant in Circadian and
Sleep Research”, to train predoctoral and postdoctoral students and fellows at Northwestern University. The
integration of circadian biology and sleep research has been the cornerstone of this Training Program from its
inception in 1998. Dr. Fred Turek will be one of the Program Directors of this T32 Program, which he has been
for 20 years. Dr. Phyllis Zee will also be one of the two Program Directors (Multiple PI), in order to provide
leadership for increasing clinical research training in Circadian Biology and Sleep Research for Fellows and
residents at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) who will become leading
physician scientists as their careers develop. The T32 Program will involve 15 Primary Training Faculty who
have their primary appointments in either basic science or clinical departments. The proposed Training
Program will offer predoctoral and postdoctoral students interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary training in a wide
range of scientific disciplines that are highly relevant to understanding the function, regulation and health
implications of sleep and circadian rhythmicity. Central to this Program is the training of students in modern
basic science, translational research as well as patient oriented research. Multiple research perspectives have
fueled for more than 2 decades the productive interactions and cross-fertilization that have developed between
the preceptors in this Program. As our nation is facing unprecedented epidemics of obesity, diabetes and their
cardiovascular consequences, the Training Program proposed in the present application is uniquely positioned
to train an interdisciplinary workforce of academic and industry investigators, as well as government decision
makers, to address the roles of sleep disturbances and circadian dysfunction in these public health challenges.
A key feature of our Training Program is the inclusion of 7 Collaborating Faculty with additional clinical,
scientific and/or educational expertise that greatly enhances our training environment. Our Program will enable
trainees to integrate cutting edge approaches and techniques in the areas of genetics, genomics,
microbiomics, endocrinology, metabolism, pharmacology, neurobiology, pulmonology, cognitive neuroscience,
gerontology, and gastroenterology into their training in sleep and circadian research. Because the preceptors
are actively involved in research at the molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, and epidemiological levels,
trainees will be trained in a rich environment of research activities that are integrated to study of the basic
mechanisms of sleep and circadian function at all levels of biological organization. We are requesting support
from this T32 renewal for 4 predoctoral students and 4 postdoctoral fellows for each of the five years. We
anticipate the training period will...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10796869
- **Project number:** 5T32HL007909-25
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** FRED W TUREK
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $420,281
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1998-07-01 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10796869

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10796869, Training Grant in Circadian and Sleep Research (5T32HL007909-25). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10796869. Licensed CC0.

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