NIH PREP Program Summary

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2	State	Institution	Specialization	# Positions	Term	Salary	Health Benefits	Take Courses?; Tuition Covered?	Funds to Attend Conference	Relocation Funds	Minimum GPA	Application Deadline	Start Date	Contact Name	Contact Email	Webpage	Last Updated

3	Alabama	U Alabama at Birmingham		8	1(2) yr	33,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	4/30/2024	1-Jun	Cristin Gavin	gradprep@uab.edu	https://www.uab.edu/prep/
4	Arizona	U Arizona		6	1 yr	27,200	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	2.75	n/a	n/a	Tiffani Begay	carolinapineda@arizona.edu	https://pathology.arizona.edu/uaprep
5	California	UC Berkeley		5	1 yr	31,000	yes	yes, some tuition covered	yes	up to 750	3	15-Apr-24	1-Jul	Julia Schaletzky	jschaletzky@berkeley.edu	http://cend.globalhealth.berkeley.edu/prep/
6	California	UC Davis		6	1 yr	39,686	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	3	17-Feb-2025 then rolling	1-Jul	Connie Champagne	cechampagne@ucdavis.edu	http://prep.ucdavis.edu
7	California	UC San Francisco		3	1 yr	53,100	yes	no, no tuition covered	yes	no	no	Jan/Feb 2025	~1-Jun	Todd Nystul	todd.nystul@ucsf.edu	https://postbac.ucsf.edu/
8	California	UC Santa Cruz		6	1-2 yr	38,000	yes	no, no tuition covered	yes	no	2.8 science	12-Apr-24	1-Jul	William Sullivan	yuli@ucsc.edu	http://stemdiv.ucsc.edu/prep/
9	Colorado	U Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus		8	1 yr	35,000	additional $5,000 to pay for health, dental, and vision benefits	yes, tuition covered	yes	Yes, up to $1,000	no	2-Mar-25, with early review starting Nov. 1	3-Jun	Eduardo Davila	PIKE.PREP@cuanschutz.edu	https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/colorado-cancer-center/education/undergraduate-post-baccalaureate-training-education-opportunities/pike-prep
10	Colorado	Colorado State U														https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/research/training-grants/postbaccalaureate-research-education-program/
11	Connecticutt	Yale U		4	1 yr	42,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	transportation to CT	3	28-Feb-24	mid-June	Michelle Nearon	michelle.nearon@yale.edu	https://gsas.yale.edu/diversity/prospective-students/post-baccalaureate-research-education-programs
12	Georgia	U Georgia		6	1 yr	32,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	mid-Feb, then rolling	mid-July	Kim Klonowski	klonowsk@uga.edu	https://prep.uga.edu/
13	Illinois	Northwestern University		6	1 yr	38,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	Yes, $1000	no	2/1/24, then rolling until April 15th	1-Jul	Ana Maria Acosta	NU_PREP@northwestern.edu	https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/nu-prep/index.html
14	Illinois	U Chicago		8	1 yr	31,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	3/31/24	after July 4	Nancy Schwartz	n-schwartz@uchicago.edu	https://bsdprep.uchicago.edu/
15	Illinois	U Illinois Chicago		6	1 yr	31000	yes	no, no tuition covered	yes	3wk campus housing	3	Mar-23	1st Thurs in June	Bernie Santarsiero	pbrcprep@uic.edu	https://grad.uic.edu/diversity/pbrc-prep/
16	Indiana	Indiana U		6	1 yr	35,000	yes	yes, tuition covered up to 50%	yes	no	3	1-Mar-24	1-Jun	Rafael Bahamonde	rbahamon@iupui.edu	https://iprep.iupui.edu/
17	Indiana	U Notre Dame				32,500										https://graduateschool.nd.edu/admissions/nd-prep/
18	Indiana	Purdue U		6	1 yr	27,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	rolling admission	1-Jun	Susan Mendrysa	mendrysa@purdue.edu
19	Kansas	U Kansas		6-7	1 yr	37,200	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	3 but holistic	3/1 priority, then rolling	July 1st week	Kathy Denning	denning@ku.edu	http://prep.ku.edu/
20	Kentucky	University of Louisville		4	1 yr	28,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	flight-deposit advance	3 but holistic	March 15, 2024 (priority), then rolling until May first	3-Jun	Pascale Alard	p0alar01@louisville.edu	https://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/microbiology/research/ul-biomed-prep/ul-biomed-prep
21	Louisiana	Louisiana State U Health Sciences Ctr		5	1 yr	27,200	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	3	1-Mar	1-Jun	Lisa Harrison-Bernard	PREP@lsuhsc.edu	https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/prep/
22	Maryland	Johns Hopkins U		6	1 yr	38,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	February	open	Jennifer Kavran; Janielle Maynard	jkavran@jh.edu; maynard@jhmi.edu	https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/pathway/prep.html
23	Maryland	U of Maryland Baltimore		6+1 or 2	1 yr	35,568	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	Jan 31, 2024 (priority), then rolling	Mid-June	Greg Carey	gcarey@som.umaryland.edu	https://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/STAR-PREP/
24	Massachusetts	Harvard U		8	1-2 yr	37,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	1000	no	2/1/24	July 1st week	Sheila Thomas	sthomas@fas.harvard.edu	https://gsas.harvard.edu/diversity/research-scholar-initiative
25	Massachusetts	Tufts U		8	1 yr	39,500	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	3/1/24	July 1st week	Maya Zakharia	maya.zakharia@tufts.edu	https://gsbs.tufts.edu/academics/postbac-internship
26	Massachusetts	U Mass Amherst		6	1 yr	32,500	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	600+6wk campuse housing	no	2/15/2024 Priority, then rolling	June	Shelly Peyton	speyton@umass.edu	https://umassprep.org/
27	Massachusetts	U Mass Chan Medical School		10	1-2 yr	38,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	2000	no	28-Feb	July	Brian Lewis	prep@umassmed.edu	https://www.umassmed.edu/gsbs/academics/prep/program-overview/
28	Massachusetts	Boston U		5	1 yr	35,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	Apr. 15, 2024	5-Jun-24	Andrew Henderson	buprep@bu.edu	https://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/dei/undergraduate-summer-and-youth-programs/bu-prep/
29	Michigan	U Michigan		11	1-2 yr	33,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	yes (2,000)	no	15-Mar-24	1-Jul	Benjamin Allen	m-prep@umich.edu	https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/education/non-degree-programs/postbac-research-education-program-um-prep
30	Minnesota	Mayo Clinic		6	1 yr	31,200	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	1-Feb-24	open	Luis Lujan	lujan.luis@mayo.edu	https://college.mayo.edu/academics/biomedical-research-training/post-baccalaureate-research-education-program-prep/
31	Missouri	U of Missouri		8	1-2 yr	30,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	4500	yes	no	rolling admission	July 1st week	John David	davidj@missouri.edu	https://prepscholars.missouri.edu
32	Missouri	Washington U		4	1 yr	38,000	yes	course auditing, partial tuition coverage	2500	no	no	1 march, then rolling	August	David Kast	kast@wustl.edu	https://cellbiology.wustl.edu/education/postbaccalaureate-program/
33	Montana	Montana State University		4-5	1 yr	35,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	4000	no	3	Fabruary 15, 2025 (priority)	June	Diane Bimczok	diane.bimczok@montana.edu	https://www.montana.edu/gradschool/equity-inclusion/prepmtprogram.html
34	New Mexico	U New Mexico		6-8	1 yr	36,170	yes	yes, tuition covered	1500	no	3 but holistic	1 March, then rolling	July	Kelly Miller	kbmiller@unm.edu	https://prep.unm.edu/	28 Jan 2025
35	New York	Einstein College of Medicine		4	1 yr	30,788	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	nd	nd	1-Feb-24	mid June	Myles Akabas	prep@einsteinmed.edu	https://www.einsteinmed.edu/education/phd/prep-program/
36	New York	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory		4	1(2) yr	30,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	1500	no	15-Feb-24	24-Jun	Monn Monn Myat	myat@cshl.edu	https://www.cshl.edu/education/prep/
37	New York	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai		6	1-2 yr	33,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	nd	1-Feb	August	Jamilia Sly	jamilia.sly@mssm.edu	https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/non-degree/prep
38	New York	U Rochester	Not accepting students (presently)	5	1 yr	31,933	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	1,000	3	rolling admission	after July 4	Jacques Robert	Jacques_robert@urmc.rochester.edu	https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/graduate/prep-program.aspx
39	New York	Weill Medical College of Cornell U		3-4	1 yr	41,683	yes	course auditing only	yes	no; housing subsidy $920/mo	3+	3/7/25	August 2025	Joy Howell	aspire@med.cornell.edu	https://pediatrics.weill.cornell.edu/education/aspire
40	North Carolina	U North Carolina		9	1 yr	29,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	yes	no	2/1/24	June	LaKeya Hardy	lchardy@email.unc.edu	https://www.med.unc.edu/oge/stad/prep/
41	North Carolina	Duke U		5	1 yr	31,200	yes	potentially	yes	no	no	2/21/25	July 7, 2025	Gerard Blobe	gerard.blobe@duke.edu	https://medschool.duke.edu/education/biomedical-phd-programs/office-biomedical-graduate-education/ideals-office/duke
42	Ohio	Case Western Reserve U	Two semester, one credit hour each, class for CWRU rising seniors and research assistants (http://www.icompbio.net/mgrd-401-mgrd-402/)	0	1-2 yr	0	no	yes, tuition covered	no	no	no	n/a	Aug (when classes begin)	Dana Crawford	dcc64@case.edu	https://web.archive.org/web/20250415122445/https://case.edu/medicine/prep/about
43	Ohio	Ohio State U		8	1 (2) yr	32,323	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	3/15/25	12-Jun-2025	Erica Glasper	discovery.prep@osumc.edu	https://medicine.osu.edu/education/discovery-prep
44	Ohio	U Cinncinnati		5	1 yr	34,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	3.2	3/15/2024/rolling admission	First week of June/Last week of May	Mark Baccei	PREPprogram@ucmail.uc.edu	https://med.uc.edu/education/graduate-education/PREP
45	Oklahoma	U Oklahoma HSC		4	1 yr	30,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	rolling admission	1-Jul	Chris Horton	christopher-horton@ouhsc.edu	https://graduate.ouhsc.edu/Programs/PREP
46	Oregon	Oregon Health & Science U		5	1 yr	39,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	yes, reimbursement	no	3/1/24	1-Jul	Letisha Wyatt	PREPtoGrad@ohsu.edu	https://www.ohsu.edu/prep
47	Oregon	U Oregon		4	1 yr	36,500	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	pending	pending	Nadia Singh	nsingh@uoregon.edu	https://cas.uoregon.edu/UO-PREP-Bio.
48	Pennsylvania	U Pennsylvania		16	1-2 yr	39,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	$1,500	$1,000	no	3/1/25	9-Jun	Dan Kessler	kesslerd@upenn.edu	https://www.med.upenn.edu/prep/
49	Rhode Island	Brown U		8	1 yr	36,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	rolling admission	1-Jun	Steven Radilla	prep@brown.edu	https://www.brown.edu/academics/gradschool/academics-research/post-baccalaureate-research-education-program-prep
50	South Carolina	U South Carolina		6	1 yr	32,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	2.7	rolling admission	June	Bert Ely	ely@sc.edu	https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/medicine/education/graduate_programs/biomedical_sciences/phd_program/prep_program/index.php
51	South Carolina	Medical U South Carolina		6	1 yr	32,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	yes	no	4/30/24	First full week of June	Bradley Elwood	Prep@musc.edu	https://gradstudies.musc.edu/programs/prep
52	Tennessee	Vanderbilt U		5	1 yr	29,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	no	Feb-23	1-Jul	Joey Barnett	joey.barnett@vanderbilt.edu	https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/prep/
53	Texas	Baylor College of Medicine	Not accepting students	8	1 yr	34,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	Yes	no	5/1/24	July 1st week	Fred Pereira	prep-program@bcm.edu	https://www.bcm.edu/education/graduate-school-of-biomedical-sciences/programs/diversity/postbaccalaureate-research-education-program-prep
54	Texas	U Texas Health Sciences Center - San Antonio	Not accepting students	5	1 yr	26,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	500	no	Rolling admission; April 30 final	1-Jul	Ramaswamy Sharma	sharmar3@uthscsa.edu	https://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/biomedical-sciences/programs/prep
55	Texas	U Texas Medical Branch - Galveston		4	1 yr	31,500	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	2.7	5/1/24	early July	Gracie Vargas	grvargas@utmb.edu	https://gsbs.utmb.edu/prep/prep-home
56	Utah	U Utah		4	1 yr	35,000	yes	no, tuition covered	yes	$1,000	no	4/1/25	1-Jun	Lewis Murtaugh	murtaugh@genetics.utah.edu	https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/breo/postbaccalaureate/im-prep
57	Virginia	Virginia Commonwealth U		7	1 yr	30,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	2.8	3/15/24	1-Jul	Joyce Lloyd	joyce.lloyd@vcuhealth.org	https://healthdisparities.vcu.edu/researchtraining/post-baccalaureate-programs/prep/
58	Virginia	Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State U		9	1 yr	27,500	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	2.8	3/15/24	mid-June	Edward Smith	esmith@vt.edu	https://prep.apsc.vt.edu/
59	Washington	U Washington		6	1 yr	31,000	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes	no	3	2/1/24	mid-June	Gabriele Varani	varani@chem.washington.edu	https://depts.washington.edu/uwprep/
60	Wisconsin	U Wisconsin-Madison		7	1 yr	36,067	yes	yes, tuition covered	yes - $3,500	no	no	2/15/25	15-Jul	Katelyn Paz	badgerprep@vetmed.wisc.edu	https://prep.cals.wisc.edu
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65	Initially compiled by Richard Behringer, Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, November 8, 2020
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