KBRIN Education, Mentoring and Training Core

The functions of this core are to promote education and research training in the biomedical sciences, provide mentored research opportunities for undergraduate students, and to provide support for collaborative research for faculty. The long-term objectives of these activities are to encourage and prepare students to enter careers in biomedical research, and to build faculty research capacity in biomedical research.

Two sub-committees (see table below) initiate and oversee the programs for student training and faculty fellowship opportunities. They are responsible for promoting these opportunities at the home institutions, and are also responsible for the initial screening of applicants.

The two research-intensive institutions (the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky), can provide guidance to the numerous faculty-sponsored research programs at these institutions. Approximately 20 student positions and 10 faculty-collaborations may be supported by KBRIN.