Qualifier
Effective writing of grant applications is required for a successful career in research. The grant application component of the graduate program is both a training exercise to help develop grantsmanship and a qualifying exam. Learning how to compose a defendable hypothesis is an essential component of the training of a graduate student. Students will develop a line of research, propose a hypothesis, and develop a series of experiments to test this hypothesis, and then defend their proposal orally at a "site-visit." At the same time, the student should also demonstrate knowledge of the larger field of experimental and molecular medicine reflected in the general area of the proposal.
