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The Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training is the training arm of the Gulf Coast Consortia GCC). For more information about the GCC and its research consortia, please go to GCC Home
For information about the individual Keck Center Training Programs, please go to GCC Home
Our Mission
The W. M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training has as its mission to provide a world-class environment for interdisciplinary research training at the interface between biological and biomedical sciences and the computational, physical, mathematical and engineering sciences.
Our Statement
The Keck Center brings together computational, physical, mathematical, engineering, and biological scientists in a stimulating and nurturing environment for the development and training of a new type of scientist - one who can incorporate theory, simulation, and experiment to expand our understanding of modern biological problems. Students are provided an intellectual environment for considering problems that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries and training opportunities with mentors in different disciplines.
FOUNDED: January, 1990 with a grant of $5 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation.
PURPOSE: To bring together modern biological, physical, computational, mathematical and engineering sciences to address key problems in biology and biomedicine.
FACULTY: There are over 450 current training faculty mentors or faculty affiliates from more than a dozen departments across our six participating institutions.
EXPECTATIONS OF FACULTY: Keck Training Faculty are members of the Keck Center and of specific training grant communities and may be asked to:
1. Serve on the training grant steering committee
- Review trainee applications
- Interview and select trainees
- Review applications and select additional training faculty not on original grant
- Plan trainee and/or faculty retreats
- Plan program activities
2. Be mentors or co-mentors
- Supervise and support trainee research
- Participate in progress reviews and interviews
- Participate in Friday Keck Seminars: Speaker Selection, Attendance
3. Participate in annual Keck Annual Research Conference
- Attendance
- Assist with poster judging
4. Participate in Keck Center Undergraduate Research Training Program (summer)
5. Participate in training program curriculum development and teaching of specialized courses
6. Support the grant renewal and new training grant application
7. Support recruitment efforts
AREAS OF INTEREST: Interests cover a significant range of areas including the broad categories of Advanced Computational Methods & Tools, Biomolecular Structure and Function, Imaging and Dynamics, Mathematical Modeling of Biosystems, Medical and Genomic Informatics, Nanoscience, Pharmacoinformatics, and Biophysics.
CURRENT TRAINING PROGRAMS: The Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training currently supports over 70 trainees, primarily predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, through its interdisciplinary training programs. For more information about the individual programs, please see the GCC Home Page.
Training Program Calls for Applications - all dates are subject to change:
Notes:
1. Most appointments are for a one-year duration.
2. Any multiple-year appointments are neither automatic nor guaranteed, but are subject to satisfactory progress and funding availability.
3. The number of slots open for new applicants varies from year to year.
Keck Center Training Program support comes from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the W.M. Keck Foundation.
CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR CENTER FACULTY: The faculty in the Keck Center receive research support from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Robert A. Welch Foundation, NASA, Texas Higher Education Coordination Board, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, AFOSR, DARPA, EPA, other government agencies, Foundations, Industry, and other sources for a total of >$100 million annually.
PUBLICATIONS AND TRAINING SUPPORT: The faculty and students of the Keck Center have generated more than 500 publications over the past 15 years and raised >$12 million in training funds.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Our former Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellows are employed approximately 50% in industrial or government positions and about 50% in faculty positions.
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