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Graduate student handbook

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Recipients

Announcing the 2005 Recipients:

• D. Alan Kerr II
  Arno F. Spatola Graduate Research Fellow
  Mentor: Dr. James L. Wittliff, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  
• Bin Hong
  IMD3 Graduate Research Fellow
  Mentor: Dr. Kyung A. Kang, Department of Chemical Engineering

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Graduate students also have ample opportunities to pursue PhD or MS level degrees with one of our IMD³ faculty. As indicated elsewhere, our program is intended to provide a multidisciplinary environment, with many chances to work in collaborative projects. For example, you might carry out enzyme isolation studies and then work in a chemistry lab to prepare new substrates or inhibitors to test on your preparation. Or you might even be enrolled in an engineering program and collaborate with biologists in the James Graham Brown Cancer Center . Many of our students will have an opportunity to write patents on their discoveries and to interact with the highly touted entrepreneurial program of the U of L School of Business.

The Institute for Molecular Diversity and Drug Design (IMD³) at the University of Louisville is now accepting applications for its next group of one-year fellowships. These two (2) Graduate Research Fellowships will be awarded to graduate students in candidacy or entering candidacy under the guidance of an IMD³ faculty member. The fellows will be paid a stipend of $20,000 per year, of which one-half will be provided by the host professor or department.

Deadline for receipt of application: ________
Proposed date for completion of candidate reviews by IMD³ Faculty: _________
Graduate Fellowship Awards initiated: __________

All Research Fellows are automatically members of the Institute and are expected to participate fully in all IMD³ activities, including seminar programs, Fall Fest and the annual Symposium. Research Fellows may also plan a brief rotation or interdisiplinary research project with another IMD³ lab, preferably in a field not normally experienced in a traditional training regimen (e.g., a synthetic chemist working in a bioassay lab; a pharmacologist interacting with an engineering math and computer scientist, or an M.D./Ph.D. student learning computational chemistry and molecular modeling). Other elements of IMD³ include the opportunity for a the pharmaceutical/biotechnology internship program. See below for additional guidelines and application instructions.

IMD³ support is generously provided by the Vice President for Research and by the research grants and contracts awarded to IMD³ faculty. For additional information, please contact Dr. James L. Wittliff, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Acting Director, IMD³ or Dr. K. Grant Taylor, Professor of Chemistry, Acting Co-Director, IMD³.

1. Criteria for the selection of IMD³ Fellows

1) Mentor must be an IMD³ faculty member.

2) GRE scores greater than or equal to 1200 and a 3.5 or above for written component preferred.

3) G.P.A. greater than or equal to 3.5 preferred.

4) TOEFL score greater than 580 (old scoring system) or 225 (new scoring system).

5) Originality of the research proposal and goals.

6) Relationship of project to the interdisciplinary mission of IMD³ .

7) Commitment by the Mentor of financial support (e.g. grant, contract) of the research project and 50% matching funds for Fellowship stipend. (IMD³ Fellowship does not include tuition)

8) In candidacy or entering candidacy for the Ph.D. program.

2. Materials to be submitted:

1) Candidate's personal statement regarding impact of the IMD³ Graduate Fellowship on academic and career goals and the relationship of the proposed project to the interdisciplinary mission of IMD³ .

2) Comprehensive description of the research project to be conducted and significance of the research goals.

The maximum length of section 1) and 2) should be 10 pages, single spaced including tables, figures and references (font size equal to or greater than 10). Please send this electronically to Sally McMahon.

3) Curriculum vitae with publication citations

4) Letter of support by IMD³ Faculty Mentor agreeing to support financially the research project proposed with commitment of 50% match for Fellowship stipend. (IMD³ Fellowship does not include tuition)

5) One or two additional Letters of Recommendation

6) Transcript (copy is sufficient)

7) GRE scores (copy is sufficient)

8) TOEFL score (for foreign students/copy is sufficient)

3. Please submit the materials above to:

Sally McMahon
Hormone Receptor Laboratory
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Delia B. Baxter Bldg. II, Box 24
580 S. Preston St.
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 852-4134
sally.mcmahon@louisville.edu

4. Applications

Applications will be considered according to posted dates. The deadline for receipt of applications is _______. The Graduate Fellowship Awards will be initiated _________.