PREP Seminar will require ~2 hours per week (Weekly Badger PREP Seminar Modules and Workshops)
For more details on each module/workshop, specific dates and rooms, email katelyn.paz@wisc.edu
- Groundwork Module
- Foundations Module
- Applying to Graduate School Part 1: Application
- Applying to Graduate School Part 2: Interview
| PREP Groundwork | ||
| Format: CANVAS/Asynchronous format
Time requirement: ~10 hours on own schedule When to Complete: Before or just after joining the program/Lab |
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| Week # | Format/Time | Topic |
| N/A | CANVAS | University Resources |
| N/A | iBio Online | iBio Modules 3-6
Mentoring Network |
| N/A | iBio Online | iBio Module 6 – IDP |
| N/A | CANVAS | Personal Statement Reflection/Draft |
| N/A | In-Person/ Virtual
1 Hour |
Meeting with the leadership team |
| Foundations | ||
| Format: In person
Time requirement: 7 weeks Start Date: August 6, 2025 |
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| Week # | Format/
Time |
Topic |
| 1 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Introductions, Community Guidelines, Goal Setting & Time Management |
| 2 | In-Person
2 Hours |
RCR Topic: Lab notebook, Rigor & Reproducibility
Elevator Pitch Introduction |
| 3 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Reading Scientific Literature |
| 4 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Practice Journal Club |
| 5 | In-person | Chalk Talks |
| 6 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Mini- Research Proposal Introduction |
| 7 | In-person | Mini-Research Research Proposal Feedback |
| Applying to Graduate School Part 1: Application | ||
| Format: In person
Time requirement: 6 weeks Start Date: September 24 |
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| Week # | Format/
Time |
Topic |
| 1 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Intro to Graduate School |
| 2 | In-Person
2 Hours |
CV/Resume |
| 3 | In-Person
2 Hours |
The Personal Statement/Statement of Purpose |
| 4 | In-Person
1 Hour |
Personal Statement Feedback |
| 5 | In-Person
2 Hours |
The Research Statement |
| 6 | In-Person
1 Hour |
Research Statement Feedback |
| Special Events/Workshops | ||
| Panel with UW Programs | ||
| Applying to Graduate School Part 2: Interview | ||
| Format: In person
Time requirement: 2 weeks Start Date: December |
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| Week # | Format/
Time |
Topic |
| 1 | In-Person
2 Hours |
How to approach a graduate school interview |
| 2 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Mock interview practice |
| Special Events/Workshops (elective) | ||
| Panel with UW Admissions/Directors | ||
Oral Science Communication - Choose 1
| Science Communication – Research Poster | ||
| Format: In person
Time requirement: 3 weeks Start Date: March |
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| Week # | Format/
Time |
Topic |
| 1 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Introduction to Poster Content |
| 2 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Poster Design/Feedback |
| 3 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Poster Presentation Practice |
| Special Events/Workshops | ||
| SciMed/PREP Poster Session | ||
| Science Communication – Seminar Talk | ||
| Format: Online/In person
Time requirement: 3 weeks Start Date: May |
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| Week # | Format/
Time |
Topic |
| 1 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Introduction/Slide titles |
| 2 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Slide Design |
| 3 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Feedback |
| Special Events/Workshops | ||
| PREP Symposium | ||
Written Science Communication - Choose 1
| Science Communication – Grant Writing | ||
| Format: In person
Time requirement: 4-5 weeks Start Date: TBD |
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| Week # | Format/Time | Topic |
| 1 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Reading a solicitation, anatomy of specific aims |
| 2 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Part 1: Writing Specific Aims, Grant proposal |
| 3 | In-Person
1 Hour |
Feedback |
| 4 | In-Person
2 Hours |
Part 2: Personal Statement |
| 5 | In-Person
1 Hour |
Feedback |
| Special Events/Workshops | ||
| Student Applicant/Faculty Reviewer Panel | ||
| Science Communication – Manuscript Writing | ||
| Format: In person
Time requirement: 6 weeks Start Date: June |
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| Week # | Format/
Time |
Topic |
| 1 | ||
| 2
June 11 |
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| 3
June 18 |
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| 4
June 25 |
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| 5
July 2 |
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| 6
July 9 |
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