Center for Infectious Disease & Immunity

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

 

Infectious Disease & Inflammation Training Program

 

Minimum criteria for consideration of a trainee for admission into IDIP:

  1. Student is committed to working with an IDIP faculty mentor in a PhD program
  2. Student is in good academic standing and has mentor support
  3. Student is a citizen or noncitizen national. Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

Training grant benefits and requirements

The benefits of the fellowship in the IDIP training grant include the prestige of having won a competitive grant award, and having your stipend paid, which frees up your PI's resources. There will be an allowance for tuition, as well as a generous allowance for training expenses and a budget for travel to meetings.

The IDIP training grant also comes with certain specific requirements that are above and beyond those of the Biomedical Science Graduate Program. These are as follows:

Required Courses: Bioethics and Immunopathogenesis of Infectious Diseases

Journal Clubs. One or more relevant journal club/seminar series each semester of your fellowship.

Must Present Progress on thesis studies to the IDIP faculty and trainees annually in form of an oral presentation.

Application requirements:

  1. A 1-2 page description of research already accomplished in the mentor's laboratory and future plans for completing the PhD written by the student. In addition, an abstract of paper(s) in preparation, if applicable.
  2. A one-page essay written by the student describing career goals after completing of the PhD and why he/she wishes to be an IDIP fellow.
  3. Updated curriculum vitae.
  4. Letter of support from PI and one other faculty member (within or outside of UNM) who is familiar with the candidate's work. Faculty who write letters of support will be ineligible to serve on the selection committee.
  5. List of courses and grades obtained in the graduate program. Grades will be verified through the graduate office.