LARAMIE, Wyo., May 13 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Owen Funk, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wyoming in the Department of
Molecular Biology, recently was awarded a highly competitive National Institutes of
Health (NIH) "Pathway to Independence" grant.
The five-year grant from the NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences
(NIGMS) began in March.
Funk is the first person at UW to receive a NIH Pathway to Independence grant, which
is designed to help promising postdoctoral scientists become tenure-track faculty
members by supporting career development and independent scientific research.
Funk was one of the first six recipients selected by NIGMS in 2026, with fellow awardees
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