GatorSTAR MARC trainees will spend 10 weeks in their second program summer (as rising seniors) in an “extramural” research experience at one of our partner institutions or at an REU or SURF site. This allows each Trainee to experience how another laboratory environment operates and thus expand their comfort with the research environment, become familiar with the graduate program at another institution, interact with a potential graduate mentor, and expand the range of each Trainee’s technical expertise upon graduation from UF. In all cases, these extramural research experiences are embedded in a T32 training program, and in some cases the students will also be integrated into established, successful undergraduate training programs with extensive activities. The MARC GatorSTAR program will provide each Trainee who travels to one of the partner institutions with travel expenses and a stipend.
Extramural programs include, but are not limited to, the following partners:
| Institution | Program Name | Director | Project Number |
| Florida State Univ. | Integrated Clinical Neuroscience Training for Translational Research | Keel, Pamela | 5T32MH093311-03 |
| Florida State Univ. | Chemosensory Training Program | Meredith, Michael | 5T32DC000044-20 |
| Georgia Tech | Research Training Program On Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTENG) | Garcia, Andres | 5T32GM008433-23 |
| Georgia Tech | Research Training in Cognitive Aging | Rogers, Wendy | 2T32AG000175-26 |
| Georgia Tech | Graduate Training for Rationally Designed, Integrative Biomaterials – GT Biomat | Temenoff, Johnna | 2T32EB006343-06 |
| Medical Univ. of South Carolina | Training in Alcohol Research | Woodward, John | 5T32AA007474-28 |
| Morehouse School of Medicine | Interdisciplinary Sleep/Clinical Cardiovascular Research Training Program | Quarshie, Alexander | 5T32HL103104-04 |
| Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham | Training Program in Brain Tumor Biology | Benveniste, Etty | 5T32NS048039-07 |
| Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham | Training Program in The Neurobiology of Cognition and Cognitive Disorders | Sweatt, John | 5T32NS061788-07 |
| Univ. of Georgia | Training in Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases | Colley, Daniel | 5T32AI060546-10 |
| Univ. of Georgia | Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics | Hall, David | 5T32GM007103-39 |
| Univ. of Georgia | Glycoscience Training Program | Pierce, Michael | 1T32GM107004-01 |