Education & Outreach
Today’s scholars, tomorrow’s breakthroughs
By training and supporting aspiring scientists, we aim to build the runway for future discoveries.
Our Formal Educational Programs
From our accredited Ph.D. program to formal training programs for post-bacs and summer internships for undergrads, we’re aiming to support scientists throughout their educational journeys. Furthermore, the Stowers Institute offers a robust training and career-support program for those who have already achieved their Ph.D.
Ph.D. Program
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research is committed to developing exceptionally talented scientists through truly transformative and integrative approaches to research.
Undergraduate Summer Scholars
The Stowers Summer Scholars Program offers highly motivated undergraduates and recent graduates an immersive, hands-on summer research experience.
Postdoctoral Program
Intense collaboration between Stowers Institute Investigators and postdoctoral researchers provides an unparalleled experience and opportunity to gain the skills and credentials postdocs need to launch independent research careers.
Crossroads Experiences
Crossroads is an Institute-wide organization that strives to broaden the interaction between all constituencies of the Stowers Institute research community through career development and networking events.
Crossroads Research Conference
This two-day event showcases current research across the Institute, providing an opportunity for scientists to present their work to their peers. The conference consists of scientific talks and poster presentations and features an external keynote speaker.
Career Exploration Day
This all-day event highlights a variety of scientific career paths. Invited speakers discuss their career trajectory and experiences. The day includes speaker presentations, advisory workshops, CV reviews, and casual roundtable discussions with speakers.
Roundtable Discussions
The Roundtable Discussions provide Crossroads members an opportunity for freestyle discussion of timely events and topics related to science and science careers. Topics include subjects like career balance, new scientific technologies, and high-impact scientific papers.
Workshops
Professional development workshops aim to enhance critical skills such as oral presentation, resume writing, networking, and manuscript writing. Led by experts in their fields, the goal is to help participants learn best practices and gain confidence as scientific presenters and communicators.
Scientific Image Competition
While scientific images convey valuable data to researchers, their simple beauty may transform them into objects of art. This event encourages researchers to submit images and videos produced in the course of their daily scientific work to a competition that celebrates the visual beauty of the images. Winning entries are featured in various publications and exhibits.
Why Stowers?
Longhua Guo, a former postdoctoral researcher at the Stowers Institute, shares his experience working in the lab. Guo is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.
