# Stanford Chem-H Chemistry/Biology Interface Predoctoral Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $272,855

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This application seeks funding for a new Chemistry-Biology Interface predoctoral training program at Stanford
University, aligned with the mission of the new Stanford ChEM-H institute. Stanford ChEM-H was formed with
the mission of bringing chemists, biologists, engineers and clinicians together to pursue a molecular level
understanding of the principles underlying human health and to devise innovative disease interventions. A
major component of this initiative is cross-disciplinary student training, the flagship being this new predoctoral
training program at the chemistry/biology interface. The program will provide PhD students with a diverse
community of peers and mentors from the Schools of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Graduate students in the program will be recruited from six home departments and PhD granting programs:
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemical & Systems Biology, Biochemistry, Biology and Bioengineering.
Mentors are affiliated with diverse departments and programs, including physician scientists who are practicing
clinicians. Key components of the program include first-year laboratory rotations, core coursework in chemical
biology, student and faculty seminars, career development activities and an annual retreat. Students will also
be educated in the unmet needs of key therapeutic areas through bootcamps led by clinicians at the Stanford
Medical School. As well, students will receive training in communication across scientific disciplines and with
the community at large, in part through a newly created student/screenwriters' exchange event in partnership
with the National Academies of Science. Students trained in this program will be exposed to a wide range of
scientific concepts and techniques, meet diverse experts across the physical, life and medical sciences, and be
uniquely situated to tackle challenges in human health from a molecular level perspective.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9941110
- **Project number:** 5T32GM120007-05
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Carolyn Bertozzi
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $272,855
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-07-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9941110

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9941110, Stanford Chem-H Chemistry/Biology Interface Predoctoral Training Program (5T32GM120007-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9941110. Licensed CC0.

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