IMSD@Brown strives for community, collaboration, and excellence in an innovative interactive learning environment. Participants are identified from incoming and early stage PhD cohorts spanning 23 graduate programs across the University.
Initiative for Maximizing Student Development at Brown
About the Program
Skill-Based Training Modules
Trainees receives a unique advising plan and support structure, continuing throughout their graduate career at Brown. Skill-based training modules are designed to foster academic achievement and personal success in graduate school. These training modules focus on areas such as scientific writing, demystifying the PhD experience, statistical analysis of data, and designing and delivering scientific presentations; areas that may not have been fully developed at undergraduate institutions.
Modules are open to all graduate students to enhance the training environment within the entire Graduate community.
Program Funding
IMSD@Brown is funded by grant T32GM144926 (previously R25GM083270) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health since April 2008.
Publications supported by IMSD@Brown must cite the grant number T32GM144926 and must, by law, be submitted to PubMed Central. Please review the NIH Public Access Policy at publicaccess.nih.gov.