MANTP Requirements

Predoctoral slots: MANTP has five 2-year predoctoral training slots. These graduate students are generally in their third and fourth year of their PhD studies and can come from any graduate program working with MANTP faculty trainers. Predocs receive cross-disciplinary training to develop research skills, attain core competencies in nutrition and metabolism, and professional skills to prepare them for the spectrum of careers in nutrition-related sciences. One predoc slot is dedicated to training a PhD as an RDN.

Postdoctoral slots: MANTP has four 3-year postdoctoral training slots for PhD, MD, and MD/PhDs. Postdoctoral training emphasizes nutrition knowledge, research approaches, manuscript and grant writing, and career development. One postdoc slot is dedicated to training physician-scientists. MD trainees receive a minimum two-year program of research that is integrated with their residency training programs to impart the knowledge, skills, and experience required for successful careers as physician-scientists.

Trainee deliverables

• Meet with MANTP co-directors within the first week of appointment to create an individual development plan (IDP).
• Create a course plan to ensure a competence in key nutrition concepts and recent advances in intermediary metabolism.
• Attend biweekly LaunchPad meetings during the Fall and Spring semesters.
• Participate in journal clubs, seminars and networking breakfasts for invited MANTP speakers.
• Present an annual progress report to the Executive and Advisory Committees.
• Submit an F31, F32, NSF, or medical society fellowship award during the first year of T32 training.
• Participate as primary, secondary and tertiary reviewer for mock study sections.
• Participate in the annual Madison Scholars Symposium, annual Nutrition and Metabolism Poster Session, and the biennial Joint T32 Retreat.
• Complete at least one NIH-approved ethics course during each career stage (predoc stage and postdoc stage).
• Complete NS 618 and NS 619 coursework (predocs only).
• Complete one semester of a teaching assistantship (only predocs without prior TA experience).
• Complete preliminary examination by the end of the fourth semester (pre-dissertators only).
• Career planning and K award submission preparation with the PD Subcommittee (second-year postdocs only).
• Mock interview for a faculty position at U. Chicago or U. Minnesota, including presenting a seminar and 1:1 meetings with faculty (third-year postdocs only).