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Fellowships and Publications Outcomes

Fellowships

Trainees have a strong record of earning internal and external traineeships. The program works with partners and trainees to secure these opportunities:

  • Eight deans and department leads contribute 10 funded traineeships that are equivalent to the NIH fellowships awarded.
  • The Graduate School supports diverse participation by offering Research Assistantships to Diverse Scholars (RADS) that extend support for biotech participants for an additional 9 months.

The following are some of the externally funded fellowships earned by our trainees:

  • 3-year NSF pre-doctoral fellowships
  • USDA-NIFA predoctoral fellowships
  • Approximately 30 of our current and former trainees have received support from WSU through the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) program since its founding in 2003
  • Several IID and SMB trainees have earned Poncin Fellowships
  • A current trainee is on a prestigious National Bio and Agro-defense Facility Scientist Training Program fellowship.

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Publications

On average, BTP trainees who have attained their Ph.D. degrees have published 4.5 papers and are the first authors of 2.3 papers based on their dissertation work. Over the past 15 years, 100% of our trainees have published a first-author paper during their dissertations.

  • Our goal is to provide training activities and a mentored research environment that creates opportunities for trainees to operate with increasing self-direction to prepare for a wide range of research and research-related careers.

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