Next Steps
MARC, MARC-2, RISE, and WSRTP trainees are expected to take the next steps in their educational path either immediately or within a year or so of graduation. Generally, those who fully participate in the programs for two or more years have sufficient training/background that they can enter doctoral programs directly. Below is a list of Partner and "Friend" PhD programs with which the UTSA program has worked closely in the past as well as several combined Government/Institutional PhD programs and Individual University PhD programs. Additionally, there is the option of Internships. Guides to various ratings of these programs are also provided, although nothing is better than your research mentor's input and visits to the campuses.
Those of you who are unable to immediately pursue doctoral education have several pathways. The most well known is to pursue a Master's, but you will usually need to take out loans or work many hours being a teaching assistant. However, below are listed several "Bridge" Masters-to-PhD programs that provide funding, student training, Pre-PhD training, and academic support. Students who merely need some additional year of research experience should consider training in a Postbacc program which also provides financial and training support, but is generally limited to one year and does not result in an MS. Included is a list of Postbacc and Bridge MS programs that former MARC-U*STAR/RISE/WSRTP students have attended and commented about.
Partner PhD Programs
- Georgia Tech: Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Northwestern University: Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN)
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor: Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS)
- UT Southwestern Medical Center: Biomedical Science PhD programs
Other "Friend" Programs
- Baylor College of Medicine: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- UT Health San Antonio: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- University of Texas at San Antonio: Graduate School
Government/Institutional or Private/Institutional PhD Programs
- Medical Engineering and Medical Physics PhD program: Harvard-MIT MEMP
- NIH institutional or individual: NIH Graduate Partnerships
Individual University PhD Programs
- University of California Los Angeles: Institute for Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (GPiBS)
Internships after Graduation
- Association of Public Health Laboratories: Laboratory Internships
Postbacc or Master's to PhD Programs
Larger Sponsored Programs
- American Physical Society Bridge Program
- NIDDK Distinguished Postbaccalaureate Scholars Program
- NIH Bridges to the Doctorate Program Participating Institutions
- NIH Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE)
- NIH Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO)
- NIH Postbac Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA/CRTA)
- NIH Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) Institutions
- NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation & Bridge to the Doctorate
- ORISE STEM Internships and Fellowships
Individual Programs
- Case Western Reserve: Postbac for PhD Career Path (PREP)
- Howard University: Neurodegeneration Computation Fellows Program
- Johns Hopkins University: Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Graduate Program
- Ohio State University: Discovery Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (Discovery PREP)
- University of California San Francisco: Postbaccalaureate Research Opportunity To Promote Equity in Learning (PROPEL)
- University of Chicago: Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
- University of Massachusetts Medical School: Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
- University of Michigan: Postbac Research Education Program (UM PREP)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (GPiBS)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
- University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (UW PREP)
- UT Health San Antonio: Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
- UT Medical Branch: Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
Online Lists of PhD Programs and Ranking Websites
- Carnegie Website Listings - Universities awarding graduate degrees (most degrees under CompDoc/MedVet)
[THIS IS A RESPECTED SITE - not a money-making site] - Erudera - Doctoral School Directory
- GradSchools.com - Graduate School Directory
- Pathways to Science - Graduate School Directory
- Princeton Review - Graduate School Directory
- GraduatePrograms.com - Student Rankings
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings - School Rankings
- U.S. News Rankings - School Rankings