Research Traineeship Opportunities

Rutgers is the home to a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site on Cellular Bioengineering — from Biomaterials to Stem Cells. This program is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and serves a diverse population of students to whom cutting-edge research experiences are not typically available and thus broadens the pipeline to graduate school for a wide range of students. With an intellectual focus on cellular bioengineering, this program provides students research opportunities that articulate a wide range of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary areas, such as stem cell engineering, systems and computational biology, cell-active biomaterials, and micro/nanoscale biosystems.

The Rutgers NIH Training Program in Biotechnology provides a select group of outstanding PhD students with an integrated, multidisciplinary, educational and research training experience in biotechnology. The program has been continuously funded by NIH for more than 30 years. The aim of the program is to train creative investigators to become well educated within a single biotechnology-related discipline (e.g. biochemistry, chemical engineering, molecular biology), become fluent in the language, approaches, and principles of the biological and physical sciences, in general, and recognize the steps needed to translate basic science discoveries into technology developments for the needs of society, government, and industry.

Applications are open to first year, second year, and incoming PhD students.