Program Outcomes
The goal of BTP is for students to complete their program requirements and doctoral degrees in a timely manner and publish innovative research — setting them up for a rewarding career in biotechnology. The program supplies trainees with opportunities and resources to make this possible.
Graduate trainees play a key role in all research done at UW–Madison, and this is even more so with the trainees and mentors participating in BTP. Trainees carry out dissertation research at the cutting edge of their chosen discipline. All core departments of BTP have orientation and rotation programs to assist new graduate students in finding a research mentor. BTP mentors participate in an extensive net of collaborative studies that provide outstanding opportunities for research carried out by their students. These collaborations have produced scientific and technological progress, publications, and intellectual property that no group alone could have acquired.
By the Numbers
5.7
Average time to degree
155+
Number of trainees who joined BTP in the last 15 years
87%
Trainees who have completed their Ph.D. or are still in training
<3%
Trainees who left without earning a degree
Getting nominated to BTP was the tipping point that convinced me to come to UW–Madison because I knew I had some guaranteed funding that would give me flexibility, and I would learn important skills. I think Dow Microbial [my employer after BTP] found it really attractive that I had strong experiences in collaborating across different disciplines but had also done my own work in both biological and chemical systems.