Badger PREP provides students with the skills and competencies necessary to enter distinguished graduate programs in biomedical sciences research.
During the training period, trainees should expect to receive:
- Career development opportunities to complement research experience
- Dedicated support from the Badger PREP leadership team
- Support for Graduate School Applications
- Tools for developing your identity as a scientist
- Presentation opportunities to improve scientific communication skills
- Connections to the scientific community
- Focus on your health, wellness, and belonging



UW-Madison PREP seeks to create opportunities for scholars who desire to attend graduate school and for whom an additional year of preparation would increase their success in graduate school.
Research in a Variety of Areas:
- Basic, clinical, and translational research questions
- Faculty mentors from a variety of departments and programs
News
Lydia Agnew wins Presidential Poster Award at Endo2024
Scholar, Lydia Agnew, presented her poster “Serotinin receptor antagonist alleviates vascuar defects produced by selevtive serotonin reuptake nhibitor treatment during gestation” at the Endo 2024 conference in Boston, MA. Lydia’s poster was a Presidential Poster Award winner.
Promega Field Trip
Promega provided an incredibe afternoon at their Kornberg campus in Fitchburg, WI. Scholars learned about the culture of the company, what being a scientist in industry can look like and the different paths that scientists can take.
photo: Rice Lake Curling Club
PREP Alum brings Leads Curling Team to National Championship
Former UW PREP scholar and current Food Sciences graduate student, Mitchell Armstrong, successfully led the UW-Madison curling team to gold as the skip at the 2024 College Curling National Championship.
Thank you to all of our generous funding sources and supporters
National Institutes of Health – NIH R25GM144251
UW-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
UW School of Veterinary Medicine
UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
PREP Scholar Sponsorships:
Morgridge Institute for Research
UW-Madison Department of Neuroscience
UW Carbone Cancer Center
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