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The University of Massachusetts reports it has landed $124,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for advanced life sciences degrees.
The grant is intended to be used to develop or adapt up to 10 life sciences Professional Science Masters (PSM) degree programs at the UMass system’s five colleges. The PSM programs are intended to combine academic concentrations, industry experience and practical skills in business and communications. The initiative is being developed by a system-wide committee led by UMass Lowell provost Ahmed Abdelal.
UMass said it is planning the PSM degree programs to include traditional face-to-face courses taught by life sciences faculty, and online business and communications courses. Officials at the university systems said it plans to match the $124,000 grant from the Sloan Foundation with $150,000, as well as in-kind work.
The PSM programs will likely include applied biotechnology, biomedical engineering and biotechnology; biosafety; medical lab science; environmental services, systems and technology, marine sciences, project management for life sciences, and health informatics, UMass officials said. Animal biotechnology and biomedical science, and engineering and integrative life sciences will also be considered in the fall, according to the school.
The development of PSM degrees was one of the recommendations included in “Growing Talent,” a study of work-force needs in the life sciences conducted by the UMass Donahue Institute for the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.
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