How To Apply to PREP@UNM
We are now accepting applictions for our 2026-2027 cohort. Our scholars usually have start dates in mid July for a one year appointment to the PREP@UNM postbacc program. We usually begin reviewing applications in March and make decisions quickly. We leave the application deadline open until positions are filled.
Please see here for eligibility requirements and to see what PREP provides. If you are qualified and interested in applying for the 2026-2027 cohort, please see below for application procedures. If you have any questions, please contact the PREP@UNM director, Dr. Kelly B. Miller (kbmiller@unm.edu).
Please note, persons who qualify for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) are not eligible to apply.
To Apply:
- Click here or go to UNM jobs (https://unmjobs.unm.edu/)
- Click on "Search for a Job"
- Search for "PREP Scholars" (or "req35398")
- Click on "PREP Scholars"
- Click on "Apply now"
Application Requirements:
- A Cover Letter including a statement of your future career goals, and how this training program will assist you in attaining your goals ....please emphasize why an additional year of training is necessary for your success in getting into and succeeding in graduate school. Applicants whose primary interests are attending Medical School or Pharmacy School or similar medical degrees are not qualified, although MD-PhD career goals are encouraged, if candidates are well-qualified. Please upload your Cover Letter section in UNM Jobs.
- A Resume/Curriculum Vitae. Please upload this with the Upload Resume/CV link, including completion of the Contact Details, Employment History, and Education sections.
- A Research Statement indicating your research interests, including the top two or three research areas you are interested in experiencing and why (uploaded as an Additional attachment). PREP offers biomedical science research opportunities across a variety of disciplines at UNM including, but not limited to, the following list. Your research interests do need to be related to biomedical research. Fields may include:
- Brain and Behavioral Neurosciences/Psychology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering
- Biological Modeling and Statistics
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Biology and Physiology
- Community-Based / Health Disparities, Social Biology
- Comparative Organismal Biology
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
- Genetics, Genomics
- Infection Disease, Immunity and Comparative Immunology
- A list of three potential mentors whose research overlaps with your interests (an easy strategy is to search "your field of interest at UNM" online). Any professor at UNM may be eligible to be a PREP Mentor. Please upload this as an Additional attachment.
- A minimum of THREE letters of recommendation (Collate and upload to the Professional References section or have recommenders email letters to prep@unm.edu).
- All official college transcripts of all colleges attended (unofficial copies will be accepted with the application for review purposes). Upload all transcripts collated as an Additional attachment.
- Alternatively, have official transcripts sent to:
prep@unm.edu
or:
PREP Program
MSC03 2020
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
- Alternatively, have official transcripts sent to:
Good luck, and Go Lobos!
