GSBS Awards and Funding Opportunities

• Scholarships and Fellowships
• Training Grants
• Travel Awards
• External Funding Opportunities
• Loans

Training Grants
Positions may be available on training grants in the areas listed below. Requests for funding are usually made by a faculty member of the training grant on behalf of a student. For more information, contact the director of the training grant.

Current MDACC Training Grants:

• Training Program in Molecular Genetics of Cancer (2009)
  Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
  
  
• Medical Physics Training Grant for Image-Guided Therapy Research (2011)
  Edward F. Jackson, Ph.D., Imaging Physics
  
  
• Cancer Immunology
  Brad McIntyre, Ph.D., Department of Immunology
  Grant Program Coordinator: Cheryl Thompson, 713-563-3207
  
  
• Molecular Basis of Differentiation and Development (2012)
  William H. Klein, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Administrative Coordinator: Ruby Desiderio 713-834-6276
  
  
• Education Program in Cancer Prevention (2012)
  Robert M. Chamberlain, PhD
  Shine Chang, PhD
  www.CancerPreventionTraining.org

• Cancer Prevention Education: Student Research Experiences (2012)

  Robert M. Chamberlain, PhD

  Shine Chang, PhD

  www.CancerPreventionTraining.org

Current HSC Training Grants:

• Training in Neuroscience (2008)
  M. Neal Waxham, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical School
  Administrative: Danita Gallegos, 713-500-5193, MSB 7.250

• Houston Area Vision Training Program (2010)
  Steve Massey, Ph.D., Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School
  Administrator: Fredi Bleeker, 713-500-6005, MSB 7.024

• Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease (2010)
  Steven Norris, Ph.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School

• Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences [CCTS] (2011)
  George M. Stancel, Ph.D., Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  Administrator: Lisa Wetter, 713-500-9874, BSRB S3.8408