2024 Kicks off with 9 Professional Development Grants Awarded
The Graduate School has awarded nine Professional Development Grants for the 2024 calendar year, contributing to a total of 79 grants awarded since the program's 2014 launch.
While The Graduate School regularly offers cross-disciplinary professional development programs and events, the Professional Development Grants offer an opportunity for departments and programs to create discipline-specific programming. Each grant provides up to $2,000 to help bring proposed projects to fruition.
A summary of the 2024 grant recipients:
Biomedical Engineering: Furthering development of an Inclusive Engineering Leadership course, promoting increased community involvement in guest lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and class outings.
Chemistry: Increasing student and alumni interactions through informal "Coffee with a Chemist" gatherings.
Dance: Hosting a lunch-and-learn event where graduate students in the arts can learn how to prepare successful grant applications.
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences: Continuing to administer the Entering Mentoring, Duke University Neuroscience Experience (DUNE), and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Internship (CNRI) programs, providing graduate trainees with mentorship skills and opportunities.
Global Health: Organizing two alumni panel events and a large networking event to increase engagement and better support graduate students in pursuing various careers.
Mathematics: Preparing math graduate students to be effective mentors through gatherings and training sessions.
Neurobiology: Continuing a monthly career seminar series to demonstrate the versatility of a Ph.D. in neuroscience/neurobiology and prepare students for various career transitions.
Ph.D. programs in the Nicholas School of the Environment: Providing a course on Google Earth Engine taught by a former Google engineer.
University Program in Genetics and Genomics: Facilitating network events with industry professionals and alumni panels on how students can enhance their academic journeys.