ORONO — The National Institutes of Health renewed the University of Maine’s first T32 institutional predoctoral training grant, expanding support for doctoral students in biomedical science and engineering.

UMaine’s T32 program, launched in 2019, was the first of its kind at the state’s flagship university and remains one of only two active programs in Maine. Led by co-principal investigators Clarissa Henry of UMaine and Lucy Liaw of the MaineHealth Institute for Research (MaineHealth), the five-year renewal award expands annual slots from six to eight doctoral students.

UMaine’s program has already delivered dividends for the Pine Tree State’s innovation economy:

80% of graduates remained in Maine, now working at top labs including The Jackson Laboratory’s, Maine Health and Mount Deser

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