Common Reviewer Questions

How do you weight the value-added or impact of the T32 training program against other factors?

Comments:

It depends on how the T32 program fits into the institution’s broader training efforts. In some cases the T32 program will be unique and have distinct value added or impact for its trainees. In other cases the special features of a T32 training program may have been incorporated into a broader training program so that T32 trainees are a subset of a larger program that meets NIGMS objectives. NIGMS recognizes the value of established programs that are providing effective interdisciplinary training and programmatic activities to their own trainees and including other students who may be part of a broader program. NIGMS also recognizes the impact that a T32 program has had by serving as a model for the development of an institutional training program. NIGMS strongly encourages innovation in its training programs and recognizes the value of established programs that are providing effective interdisciplinary training and programmatic activities to their own trainees and are serving as models for other predoctoral training programs in the institution. into in the institution’s overall graduate training programs. In some cases