MU Research Excellence Program (REP)

Postdoctoral Strategic Initiative

Research Enhancement

The MU Research Excellence Program (REP) enhances the university’s research mission by providing support to faculty with active grant funding to hire postdoctoral scholars to further research productivity and advance postdoctoral scholar careers.

The Research Excellence Program (REP) is coordinated by the Office of Postdoctoral Education housed within the Graduate School.

The REP program helps support the research mission by:

• Increasing research support, capacity, and productivity from existing high-performing faculty
• Providing specialized training and support to postdoctoral scholars to advance their careers and preparedness to apply for grants and early career awards

MU Faculty are competitively selected to be REP Faculty Scholars and participate in a call to hire REP Postdocs. The REP Faculty Scholar serves as the REP Postdoc’s research sponsor and mentor. REP Postdocs are provided with a competitive salary and professional development funds.

Professional development for REP postdocs includes grant writing training, personalized guidance in finding funding, and support in the process of submitting for NIH K99 and other early career awards. REP provides postdoctoral scholars with unique opportunities to prepare for a faculty career. The Office of Postdoctoral Education manages the hiring process for REP and helps coordinate ongoing professional development.

Are you interested in the REP program?

• REP Faculty Scholarship: The Graduate School has paused the selection of new faculty scholars. This page will be updated once the Graduate School restarts collecting applications. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Valli Sarveswaran, Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Education, at postdoc@missouri.edu.
• REP Postdoctoral Scholarship: This program selects faculty members for the program. The faculty members select suitable candidates as postdoctoral scholars. The Office of the Postdoctoral Education does not take part in the selection process.

Meet our REP Postdocs

Not pictured: Cory Platts, PhD | Psychology