About Prepare

Participants Eligibility Requirements:

• Hold a bachelor s degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Have minimum 2.5 GPA on his/her last 60 undergraduate semester hours.
• Required to take the GRE (no minimum score)
• Major in the life sciences (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, biotechnology, etc.)
• U.S. citizenship or permanent resident
• Intention of pursuing a Ph.D.

Program Components

• Research Experience
• $21,000 research assistant stipend
• GRE Prep course
• Study strategies assistance and tutoring
• Library and electronic research techniques
• Faculty mentors
• Research presentation skills
• Information and strategies for financial support in graduate school
• Choosing a graduate school

Core Requirements
Our Prep Program will provide core requirements for all first-year trainees, but additional activities will be added to address individual deficiencies/strengths. PREP Program Core Requirements are as follows:

• Enrollment as a research associate for at least 30 hours/week
• Weekly attendance (Fall & Spring Semesters) in either a research work-in-progress seminar or discipline specific journal club.
• Weekly attendance (Fall & Spring semesters) in an invited speaker research seminar or Grand Rounds.
• Enrollment in a biomedical ethics course
• Attendance at the health disparities and role model seminars
• Completion of a GRE preparation workshop in the first summer.
• Write a paper based on the intern’s research results; and develop a computer-assisted oral presentation and a research poster to be presented at the end of the summer program

Housing
Housing is not included in the program. Visit http://students.hsc.unt.edu/housing/default.cfm for available housing near the campus.

Application
Click here to download the application

When you submit your application we will need the following items to complete your file:

1. Submit two letters of recommendation from your undergraduate school mentors, addressing the potential of your graduate studies and expressing how a PREP program might benefit you.
2. A copy of your Official undergraduate transcript(s)

Send application materials, refer any questions regarding the program, application or deadlines to: