The Center for RNA Biomedicine RNA Student and Postdoc Council is delighted to launch the Research Scholar Exchange Supplemental Fund for postdocs and graduate students.
The goal of this program is to supplement a visit to a lab outside of U-M in order to enhance RNA specific skills, mentorship and scientific career development for University of Michigan trainees while fostering a highly collaborative environment with labs across the country. In this exchange program, trainees will spend a few weeks to up to a few months in a lab outside of the University of Michigan. The trainees will learn new techniques/skills, engage in lab meetings and discussions, and network with other trainees and faculty at the host institution. Upon return to their lab at the University of Michigan, the trainees will give a short seminar detailing their experience and the impact it has on their current and future projects.
Application Requirements
- General Information – you must be a University of Michigan Student or Postdoctoral Fellow
- Curriculum Vitae
- Time Frame
- Research Statement (1500 words maximum). Please include:
- Why you chose the host lab.
- What you expect to gain from this experience.
- How these skills will impact your RNA research.
- What your future goals are and how this experience supports them.
- Two Letters of Support (1500 words maximum).
- Current Lab
- Host Lab
- Note: letters of support should highlight why this experience will benefit your current and future career goals and any additional support that will be provided by both the current and/or host lab to fund this experience.
2022 RNA Research Scholar Exchange Awardee – Elizabeth Tidwell, Graduate Student, Program in Biophysics.
Liz will be visiting the Jinwei Zhang Lab in the NIDDK. Jinwei Zhang, an expert in RNA crystallography and experimental phasing with heavy metal soaking. This experience will considerably enhance Liz’s training as well as give her insights on a current project that has a challenging experimental phasing issue on a structurally novel RNA that she crystallized. We are thrilled to support this project and look forward to learning more about Liz’s visit next year.
Download the 2023 Application Form (due 5/1/2023)
For further information, contact Martina Jerant.
