Postbaccalaureate Research Immersion & Mentorship Experience Program (U-M PRIME)

The U-M PRIME program is a 1-2 year research and mentoring experience that is imparting on its initial year at the University of Michigan. The goal of this program is to increase the ability of students to successfully compete for admission to biomedical research graduate programs and to succeed in obtaining doctoral degrees from excellent Ph.D. programs across a broad range of biomedical disciplines throughout the country. 

Through support of institutional funds, U-M PRIME scholars will receive research training in: 

1) Program in Biomedical Sciences, comprised of 13 graduate degree-granting programs

2) Biomedical Engineering through the College of Engineering (including biomedical, chemical, mechanical, and materials science engineering) 

3) Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

4) Pharmaceutical Science and Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy

5) Public health disciplines, including Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health

6) The science of human movement in the School of Kinesiology

7) Oral health sciences, sensory biology and cancer biology in the School of Dentistry

The goal of U-M PRIME is to develop well-trained postbaccalaureates who will transition into and complete rigorous biomedical, research-focused doctoral degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.) in biomedical fields.