How To Apply to PREP@UNM

!!Update!!... unfortunately, because of the activities of the new presidential administration and their disruptive effects on NIH and training grants, PREP@UNM will NOT be active during the 2025-2026 academic year.  We will not be interviewing or placing scholars in the program this year.  

Hopefully this is only an interruption in continued postbacc training efforts by NIH, so please check back just in case we are able to continue next year.

 

Applications for the 2025-2026 PREP cohort supported by PREP@UNM are now open!  We will begin considering applications in March 2025, lasting until all positions are filled.

Please note, persons who qualify for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) are not eligible to apply.

To Apply: 

  1. Click here or go to UNM jobs (https://unmjobs.unm.edu/)
  2. Click on "Search for a Job"
  3. Search for "PREP Scholars" (req32028)
  4. Click on "PREP Scholars"
  5. Click on "Apply now"

Application Requirements:

  • A Cover Letter including a statement of your future career goals, how this training program will assist you in attaining those goals, and why an additional year of training is necessary for your success in graduate school. Applicants whose primary interests are attending Medical School or Pharmacy School will be disqualified, although MD-PhD career goals may create an exception. Please upload this to the Cover Letter section on UNM Jobs. 
  • A Resume/Curriculum Vitae. Please upload this with the Upload Resume/CV link, including completing 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 anAdditional attachment). PREP offers biomedical science research opportunities across a variety of disciplines including the following list. Your research interests do not need to be limited to this list, but your 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 (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

 

Good luck, and go Lobos!

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