Transcript Integrative Biology Ph.D. program-Fall 2006 - FAU

Integrative Biology Ph.D.
Program
Director: Dr. Rod Murphey
Associate Directors: Tanja Godenschwege
Colin Hughes
Program Assistant: Ms. Jennifer Govender
Basis of the program
• Integration in Biology
• From organism to cell to molecules
• Faculty strength in ecology, marine
sciences, neurosciences, cellular,
molecular, developmental biology, drug
discovery and disease oriented
research
• Less course work, but research
intensive (key strength)
Participating units
• Biology
• Biomedical Sciences
• Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
(CMBB)
• Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI)
• US Horticultural Laboratory, USDA
• Department of Chemistry
• Center for Complex System and Brain Sciences
(CCSBS)
• Jupiter Honors College
• Scripps
• Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
• Max Planck Florida Institute
Course Requirements- see web
page for courses
• Core courses
(9 credits)
• Electives (9 credits) Decided
by the student and the
supervisory committee plus
- Integrative Biology (4)
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Three seminar/journal club
courses (not three credits)
before graduation.
- Scientific
Communication (2)
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May have to take other
electives (Supervisory
Committee’s decision)
- Statistics (3)
Registration
• 9 credits in the Fall/Spring and 6 credits
in the summer (maximum 24 credits per
year).
• MUST maintain 3.0 GPA for tuition
waiver.
• Full time commitment required.
• Continuous registration ( at least one
credit per year). This is minimum. Need
approval.
Financial aid
TA
- Academic year support
(3 yrs)
- Additional year support
possible
- Must sign TA contract
- Must have full time
registration
- ONLY your advisor can
request for TA
- $20K/yr + tuition
waivers
RA
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Grant-based (advisor)
Can go from RA to TA with one
semester notice
$20K/yr + tuition waivers
Combination of RA/TA possible
Other scholarship (minority/pre
doctoral) possible. Consult
advisor/E-Mail/FAU web page
Once in the program-preference
for aid if requirements are met
Committees
• Supervisory committee
- Three members
including the advisor
(chair)
- MUST be formed before
the end of semester 1
• Dissertation committee
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Four members – Must have
PhD
Three can be same as
supervisory committee
One member MUST be from
outside the immediate area
of research
At least 3 members must be
from the IB PhD Faculty
Program
At least 3 members from the
FAU Graduate Faculty listing
MUST be in place one
semester before candidacy
exam.
Admission to Candidacy
• Must be admitted to Candidacy by end of year 2 or
beginning of year 3 – No exceptions Can loose TA
contract.
• Must be done at least seven months in advance of
the Dissertation Defense
• Complete core and elective courses (18 credits)
• Have supervisory and dissertation committee in
place
• Propose and defend research proposal to
Dissertation Committee
• Submit Admission to Candidacy Form (Form 8) and
Research Compliance & Safety Form (Form 12), to
be admitted as a Doctoral Candidate.
• See Student Guidelines and Policies
Candidacy exam
• Propose Dissertation research (oral format, open
forum) presentation to the Dissertation Committee
(A)
• Write a grant application of the proposal in NIH/NSF
format (B)
• Submit grant two weeks in advance of Dissertation
Research Proposal
• These are MINIMUM requirements (A &B)
• The committee MAY ask for additional testing
• Failed students have one more semester (last
chance) to retake the exam.
Year 1
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Meet with Advisor and or Director to:
Form supervisory committee (1st semester)
Choose electives (Committee Approval)
MUST complete core courses
Register for advanced research (BSC7978)
New incoming students must register for Lab
Rotations (BSC 6905) in the first/second
semester if you do not have an identified
advisor.
Years 2-3
- Complete core and electives (3-4 semesters)
- Register for Adv. Research in Integrative Biology
(BSC7978)
- Choose dissertation research committee (4th
semester)
- Register for Scientific Communication (4th Semester)
- Dissertation research proposal (in NIH format), grant
writing and defend (fifth semester)
- Admission to candidacy (by end of year 2 or
beginning of year 3)
- MUST complete all core courses prior to candidacy
- Failure of candidacy (after second attempt) will
result in drop from the program
- Register for Dissertation research credits (BSC7980)
once Candidacy is attained
Years 3-5
• Continue dissertation research (minimum 25 credits)
• Grant writing
• Announce defense one month in advance to
program assistant via email
• Defense must be done at least seven months after
attaining Candidacy
• Present results in internal/external meetings, peer
reviewed publications etc. ( At least one REQUIRED
for graduation)
• Prepare dissertation to the committee and public
presentation
Yearly requirements
• Milestones checklist
- Once a year update the
checklist (Beginning of every
Fall semester)
- This is student’s responsibility
- Can update more than once
- The original is kept in your file
- Registration not allowed if
checklist is not updated
• Annual research progress
report (starting from end of
second year)
- Due (End of every Fall
Semester)
- Once a year the research
advisor and the student must
submit a progress report on
research activities.
- Responsibility of advisor and
student to complete report Both must sign report
Meeting with the Director
• Once a year meeting to evaluate
progress
• 30 mins. to an hour
• Will be in the summer
Change of advisor
• Possible, but a challenge
• A written justification is necessary
• The new advisor must agree in writing to
take the student
• The new lab must have adequate funds to
support the training
• May have to take additional courses
• May NOT be able to join the lab of choice due
to lack of funds
FAU Honor Code
• Must adhere to the honor code.
• See section 6C5.4.001, Graduate
Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Required reading on Plagiarism
Prevention.
• Signing of plagiarism form within one
week of orientation (find in orientation
folder).
FAU graduate policy guidelines
• Graduate College- see
http://graduate.fau.edu/
• For FAQs- see
http://graduate.fau.edu/StudiesFAQ.htm
• For policy and procedures, see
http://www.fau.edu/academic/registrar/
univcatalog/CombAcadPol.pdf
• For Graduate Student Association, see
http://www.fau.edu/sga/gsa.php
Contact
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Must use FAU E- Mail only (no exceptions)
Web site is constantly updated
Course related questions- advisor
Summer support- advisor to request
TA/RA support- advisor to request
TA lab assignment- contact [email protected]
Basic program related questions, paperwork,
pay check- contact [email protected]
Policy, candidacy and graduation issuescontact [email protected]