# Cell and Tissue Engineering Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · 2020 · $433,850

## Abstract

Project Summary
This proposal is a renewal application of our long-standing and highly successful NIGMS institutional
training grant on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng). The objective of CTEng is to provide
innovative and integrated training for predoctoral engineering students in cell and tissue
engineering to develop future leaders for these biotechnology industries. Our mission is to train
future leaders that will realize the full potential of cell and tissue engineering to revolutionize healthcare
and economic development. The mission and objective of CTEng will be accomplished by providing an
innovative and integrated training program comprising formal courses on engineering fundamentals,
biosciences, and bioengineering technical electives; industrial visits, internships, and interactions with
industry leaders during local visits to campus and an industry mentor program; a Graduate Leadership
Program; a new Southeastern T32 Biotechnology Career Development Workshop; a journal club
dedicated to cell and tissue engineering; diverse interactions with CTEng faculty; and training in the
responsible conduct of research. Georgia Tech provides an outstanding, highly collaborative and
integrative training and research environment in cell and tissue engineering. The particular strengths,
and in many instances unique features, of our program include (1) one of the largest faculties in the
nation, comprising many of the leading researchers in cell and tissue engineering, who provide a
dynamic, broad and deep critical mass of expertise; (2) recognized leadership in engineering and
medicine (with our partner Emory University School of Medicine) and especially at their intersection;
(3) a curriculum of innovative training components emphasizing developing interdisciplinary
researchers with leadership skills; and (4) quality programs for the recruitment, training and graduation
of underrepresented minority students that are among the largest in the nation. This program will train
next-generation leaders for the biotechnology industries.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9969574
- **Project number:** 5T32GM008433-29
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- **Principal Investigator:** Andres J Garcia
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $433,850
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1991-09-30 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9969574

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9969574, Cell and Tissue Engineering Training Program (5T32GM008433-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9969574. Licensed CC0.

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