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Fellowships and Training Grants


NIH and CBB fellowships are administered by the Center. These fellowships provide research training focusing on the applications of biological and physical sciences to biotechnology-related research. Faculties from the physical and biological sciences offer a curriculum bridging the interdisciplinary gap, essential for biotechnology training programs. For example, cooperative involvement of faculty members from several departments as research mentors provides a superior research training experience. Click here to access an application for the fellowships.

Awards:
CBB fellowships and NIH traineeships may be awarded for a maximum of three years to any duly enrolled graduate student working in the laboratory of a CBB faculty member. Awards are made on an annual basis and members of the CBB Executive Committee solicit new applications and renewal applications each spring for competitive evaluation.

Requirements:
The CBB fellowship program is truly interdisciplinary. All fellows earn a Ph.D. degree with a dissertation based on research conducted in the laboratory of participating faculty members. They complete all departmental requirements for the Ph.D. degree. Requirements and core area courses for the fellowship program are outlined below.

Fellowship Program Requirements* Back to Top
No. Requirement  
1. Admission to the Ph.D. program in participating departments.  
2. Attendance and participation in the Biocatalysis Seminar Program.  
3. Course, “Perspectives in Bioprocessing ” and annual research presentation in based on this course.  
4. Nomination by a faculty member  
5. Internship in research laboratories of industries involved in biotechnology.  
6. Attend and participate in mini-symposia, which are one- day industry/academic conferences held at The University of Iowa  
7. Present one or more posters at the annual Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Conference.  
8. Courses required by the student’s “home” department, and a minimum of 2-3 s.h. of coursework in each of the three core areas in biotechnology.  
9. Complete the university-wide course, “Responsible Conduct of Research”, which is offered each fall semester Back to Top

* Questions regarding coursework requirements should be directed to the CBB Office at 319 335-4903.

 

Core-Area Courses Back to Top
No. Subject S.H.  
Biocatalysis
4:180 Intro to Molecular Modeling 3  
4:205 Bioinorganic Chemistry 3  
4:228 Mechanisms of Organic Reactions 3  
46:137 Enzymatic Basis of Drug Metabolism 3  
46:219 Analytical Biochemistry 3  
52:247 Enzyme Technology 3  
61:260 Graduate Microbial Physiology 3  
61:280 Graduate Microbial Physiology Laboratory 2  
61:279 Bacterial Diversity 4  
99:226 Special Topics in Biochemistry
(titles change every year)
2  
99:241 Biophysical Chemistry 3  
99:242 Biophysical Chemistry II 3  
Bioreactors and Bioseparations Back to Top

4:209

52:108

Separations

Introduction to Biochemical Engineering

3

3

 
52:145 Intermediate Chemical Reaction Kinetics 3  
52:180 Biochemical Engineering 3  
52:181 Bioseparations 3  
53:151 Biological Treatment Processes 3  
53:274 Foundations in Bioremediation 3  
46:219 Analytical Biochemistry 3  
Molecular Biology and Genetics Back to Top
99:120 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 3  
99:130 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II 3  
99:140 Experimental Biochemistry 4  
99:237 Special Topics in Biochemistry
(titles change every year)
1  
61:270 Graduate Microbial Genetics 3  
61:271 Graduate Microbial Genetics Laboratory 3  
52:226 Molecular Biology and Genetics 3  
61:288 Graduate Microbial Biotechnology 3  
142:210 Advance Prokaryotic Molecular Biology 3  
142:215 Molecular Biology of Gene Expression 3 Back to Top

CBB
CBB Fellowships are available to selected graduate students for a maximum of three years. Fellowships are awarded after review of the CBB Executive Committee. Coursework and internship requirements are the same as those for NIH trainees.

NIH
The NIH training program attracts high-quality students who, after review by the CBB Executive Committee, may receive the fellowship for a maximum of three years. In the spring students present their research at the all day Perspectives Symposium. In the fall they present posters at the annual CBB conference. NIH trainees are required to pursue 1 – 3 month long internships in industry, federal laboratories, or in suitable academic laboratories.

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