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Trainee Support Program

Funder: Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI)

Overview:
MCI supports graduate and postdoctoral trainees, allowing them to grow their careers and build their own programs in male contraceptive research.

Focus Areas:

  • Non-hormonal, reversible male contraceptive research

  • Graduate and postdoctoral level support

  • Career development and training

  • Research in discovery-stage and pre-clinical studies
  • Eligible Applicants:

  • Graduate students

  • Postdoctoral researchers

  • Early career investigators
  • Support Provided:

  • Fellowship funding

  • Research support

  • Mentorship

  • Career development opportunities

  • Access to diverse portfolio of male contraceptive research projects
  • Recent Trainees Supported (Completed Fellowships):
    MCI has supported numerous fellows including Aaron Crapster (HIPK4 research), Liliya Gabalev (ANT4 research), Max Lyon (SLO3 research), Jae Yeon Hwang (CatSper research), Melanie Balbach (sAC research), Oleksandr Kirsanov (spermatogonial differentiation), Natalia Rivera Sanchez (sAC toxicology), Martin Pedersen (CatSper research), Brendan Houston (MDH1B research), Carla Ritagliati (sAC research), Candice Yap (PACRG/DNALI1 research), Saman Nayyab (TSSK research), and Md Abdullah Al Noman (RAR-γ antagonists research).

    Contact: For more information, visit the Funding Opportunities page

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    science-researchprofessional-development

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