10 Year Plan

Year 1-5

  • Faculty Researchers - starting up with five active researchers in the biomedical fields
  • Graduate students - accommodate at least 10 researchers per year
  • Undergraduate students - accommodate 15 to 20 students per year
  • Postdoctoral fellows and Visiting scholars - accommodate 3-5 per year by grant activity
  • Speakers (external) - UTPB Biomedical Center invites speakers to disseminate advances in biomedical research
  • Average $500,000 per year in grant awards
  • Support degree programs (example - MS in biomedical sciences)

Year 5- 10

  • Increase number of active researchers in the center by 50%
  • Average $1,000,000 grant dollars per year
  • Increase graduate researchers to twenty per year
  • Collaborate with R1 universities to host MD/PhD students for their research