On March 27th, 2024 at 1:15pm We are having our virtual recruitment session! If you are interested in CBI, you can access our registration form here. We are excited to meet with you!

To learn more about CBI before our recruitment session, you can also view last year’s session which may help answer some questions before we meet. Please click here to watch the video.

CBI FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (2024 – 2025)

DEADLINE: All Application materials are due to Jessica Pappas, Coordinator (cbi-admin@udel.edu) by midnight, Friday, May 31, 2024.

The Chemistry Biology Interface (CBI) program admits and funds up to eight graduate students entering either the second or third year of graduate school. The students selected will be granted a one-year CBI fellowship (at NIH level, starting July 1, 2024*) and the stipend may need to be supplemented to their departmental level. The CBI program offers many benefits to the trainees including advanced rotations/internships at UD or with external organizations, additional course work or experiences that support the programs interdisciplinary mission. In order to facilitate the selection process, we are soliciting nominees who fit the following criteria:

  1. Entering the second or third year of graduate school.
  2. Currently doing research in a CBI Trainer’s Laboratory.
  3. Preference will be given to laboratories that have no current CBI Students (i.e. any student who has received funding from the CBI program (current/past)).
  4. As this is a NIH funded position, the applicant should be a US citizen or permanent resident; please discuss with the director if you have an excellent applicant who does not fit into this category.

The following information must be submitted to Jessica Pappas, Coordinator (cbi-admin@udel.edu) by midnight on Sunday, May 31st:

  • An evaluation letter by the student’s dissertation adviser of the student’s academic progress, willingness to complete research at the interface of chemistry-biology (evidence can be included) and the benefit to the student for inclusion in the CBI program. The applicant’s PI should acknowledge the time commitment to CBI required such as need to attend RCR dedicated CBI workshops and Rigor and Reproducibility workshops both during and after the term of support.
  • A CV of the nominee, including a listing of publications authored or coauthored, conference presentations and other professional accomplishments, activities and honors.
  • A two-page essay by the student describing his/her academic work, impact of their study or research, career plans and desire to be in the CBI program. The essay should include how participation in CBI would broaden the graduate experience (this could include new collaborations, additional rotations at UD or travel to a collaborator’s laboratory). The description should include a list of aims/goals that the student hopes to accomplish training period.

The Program Director and the CBI Executive Committee will review the applications and the advanced CBI trainees will be announced no later than June 10th. The one-year fellowship funding will begin on July 1, 2024*. The successful applicant will be expected to attend the CBI orientation and participate in the CBI Wednesday Workshops (i.e CHEM606). If you have questions about the nomination process, please contact Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes (cgrimes@udel.edu).

For information on how to submit your application please view our video and written instructions for submission here.

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