The total length of the program is 10 weeks, June 12- Aug 18, 2023. However, if selected, you will need to also conduct 10 hours per month of service learning hours during the Spring semester. These hours can be completed somewhere you are currently working and/or volunteering (as long as you are being of service - tutoring, community service, etc.), or with us at one of our scheduled programs or events.
Any community college student in a STEM (or related) field can apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of background or immigration status. Individuals who have no lab research experience are encouraged to apply.
Because of the full time schedule of the program, taking classes concurrently makes it very difficult to fully commit to the program and your host lab. As such, we prefer that participants do not take classes, participate in another program or work simultaneously.
The experience varies from lab to lab but the goal is for each participant to learn basic lab techniques and support the research of the laboratory. Participants will also have seminars and weekly check in meetings as well as team building activities.
Selected participants will be placed in laboratories throughout UC San Diego and with affiliate partners (Sanford Burnham, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego Nanotechnology Infrastructure, etc.). Participants will have to provide their own transportation and parking arrangements.
Letter of recommendation should be sent to Samantha Dyer at sldyer@ucsd.edu. The deadline for letters is the week after the application deadline (March 17 by 5pm PST). Please make sure you submit your letter as your application will be considered incomplete without it.
