Partnerships

NSF Targeted Infusion

We received the NSF targeted infusion grant to develop an interdisciplinary undergraduate Bioinformatics Program for enhancing education and research at Tennessee State University and prepare a globally competitive workforce in Bioinformatics

   NIH MARC Program

The Bioinformatics program is supported by part of the NIH Minority Access to Research Careers program (MARC). Students accepted to the Bioinformatics concentration program can fully utilize the MARC resources, which provide Bioinformatics students with the opportunity to engage in research and computational laboratory projects.

TN-SCORE Research Collaboration

The Department of Computer Science and TN-SCORE 
partnered to support and enhance our Bioinformatics activities,build and improve our faculty and student capacity on Bioinformatics, enhance our current NSF resources, improve partnership with UTK and ORNL, especially on Bioinformatics and High Performance Computing.

PSC Sponsorship

The Bioinformatics program is supported by Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University. PSC provides access to its supercomputing resources under the MARC grant. PSC provide faculty and students with the training opportunities that allow them to participate in various of workshops and internships.

 


USDA Affiliation

The program benefits from the United State Department of Agriculture. Research activities conducted by some faculty members are affiliated with USDA.