BioGEM Postbaccalaureate Research Program
Funded by the National Science Foundation, BioGEM trains postbaccalaureate scholars in research that integrates biodiversity science with genetic evolutionary mechanisms.
Apply for 2025!
The 2025 Application Portal is Open. Applications submitted by March 1st receive priority consideration with rolling review continuing until all positions are filled or until May 1.
Interested in pursuing graduate study in biodiversity science?
The BioGEM program provides financial support for recent college graduates who have limited or no prior research experience. Scholars engage in interdisciplinary projects that study how organisms, populations and species respond to their past and present environment and how genetic mechanisms equip organisms to respond to future environmental change.
Program Advantages
A key component of the BioGEM experience is a weekly professional & scholarly advancement series — involving mentors and network partners — that includes both professional development workshops and hands-on, mentor-led training modules covering a wide range of research methods. Scholars are based primarily at KU, with opportunities to be co-mentored by faculty at Haskell Indian Nations University, Emporia State University, Rockhurst University and Stowers Institute.
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