The University of Georgia is home to more than 6,200 graduate students and has a total research expenditure in excess of $333 million. A great number of these students are working in the biological and biomedical sciences.
Graduate students enjoy unrestricted access to the immense and diverse resources of UGA and also enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of one of America’s best college towns. Learn more about living in Athens, GA on Visit UGA.
Studying with CTEGD
Dr. David Peterson with a student
CTEGD is not an academic unit and as such, graduate students cannot apply directly to the Center for training. If you are interested in pursuing your graduate research in a Center lab you can apply through the Integrated Life Sciences Program.
Integrated Life Sciences Program (ILS) is an umbrella program through which students can apply to graduate school at UGA in several CTEGD-related areas. Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) allows first-year graduate students to explore the research areas of nearly 250 faculty and 14 participating PhD graduate programs. Entering students perform three laboratory rotations and take a streamlined and innovative curriculum in the Fall semester that is designed to facilitate the transition to graduate education and research. Students then choose a thesis advisor, graduate program, and begin thesis research. A hallmark of this competitive graduate program is its emphasis on existing and emerging interdisciplinary research areas.This program is specifically designed for top notch students with interdisciplinary interests. Applying through this program could provide a student with the broadest choice of potential CTEGD members in the Departments of Cellular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Ecology, Entomology, and Genetics.
Students studying in a CTEGD laboratory have the opportunity to receive unique fellowships that are administered by the Center.
- The NIH T32 training grant in Interdisciplinary Parasitology, Vector Biology, and Emerging Diseases provides up to 2 years of support to pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training.
- Our Training in Innovations in Parasitologic Studies (TIPS) Fellowship funds short-term (up to 3 months) international research training opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.
Learn more about CTEGD Fellowships
Graduate students enjoy unrestricted access to to the immense and diverse resources of UGA. CTEGD houses a number of these resources such as the Biomedical Microscopy Core facility and Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratory. You can learn more under the Resources tab above. CTEGD also has an active Graduate Student Association who organizes monthly events that include social acitivities and opportunities to practice giving talks and practicing quals/defenses as well as workshops in career development, leadership development, and grant writing.
