# Glycoscience Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · 2020 · $192,822

## Abstract

Abstract/Summary
The objectives of the Glycoscience Training Program (GTP) for Predoctoral Students are to train students in
research that focuses on both the chemical and biological aspects of glycans and glycoconjugates, and their
expression, as they relate primarily to biomedicine. The rationale for this program was highlighted by the National
Academies' 2012 study entitled Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap of the Future, which demonstrated the
great potential that Glycoscience holds for biomedicine, as well as other applications such as bio-energy.
Glycoscience involves the study of the function and structure of glycans, the enzymes that regulate their
expression, and the genes and regulatory sequences that are involved. The GTP has 22 faculty trainers/mentors
from the Chemistry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Infectious Disease, Microbiology Departments and the
Bioinformatics Institute. It accepts students from both the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences and Chemistry
department portals. Appointments are for 2 years, after which trainees are supported by their trainers. Trainees
conform to the requirements of the department/institute of their trainers' appointment. Key activities are a
seminar series, annual retreat, monthly breakfast presentations, special classes such as the ASBMB Scientific
Communication short course, and biotechnology career development workshops. All trainees are predoctoral
students, and we are requesting six full-time appointments, each for a two year duration. The intended outcomes
for our students are to progress to a postdoctoral appointment and/or to enter the workforce in the biotechnology
industry.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9960521
- **Project number:** 5T32GM107004-07
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
- **Principal Investigator:** I JONATHAN AMSTER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $192,822
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9960521

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9960521, Glycoscience Training Program (5T32GM107004-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9960521. Licensed CC0.

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