The SPAD (Sponsored Programs Development Funding Opportunities) application process from NIH NIGMS Training & NRMN Webinar

Luis Cubano, Ph.D., is a program director in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. He manages the Research Initiative for Student Enhancement (RISE) program, the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, and the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP). He also manages research grants in the area of protein folding and degradation in the Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Prior to joining NIGMS, he served as professor and associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Universidad Central del Caribe, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Cubano earned a B.S. in cellular and molecular biology from Tulane University, an M.S. in biology from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and a Ph.D. in biology from Kansas State University. He conducted postdoctoral research at Tulane University Medical School.