Please refer to the COVID-19 Update: This thread has tips and best practices for online defenses that you may find helpfulresources page in the BME graduate handbook for temporary changes to some policies and practices.
The research proposal and oral exam includes both a written and an oral component. The written component involves submitting an NIH R01 proposal (12 pages) to the student’s dissertation committee no less than two weeks prior to defending it orally to the same committee. Doctoral candidates in BME are encouraged to propose in their second year of the program and no later than the end of the third year.
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