How to Apply to the CGMBS Training Program

Follow These Application Instructions EXACTLY

1.  Have a valid CGMBS Trainee license issued by California Department of Public Health Laboratory Field Services (LFS). The requirements and instructions for how to obtain a CGMBS Trainee license are all on this LFS website. 

2. Have an email address that allows you to use Google Workspace.

3. Send an email to cls-group@sjsu.edu and enter in the subject line: INTENT TO APPLY - CGMBS Fall 2025. 

4. SJSU will send you a shared Google Drive Folder for you to drop required documents into.

IMPORTANT: Do not send us ANY documents through Postal Mail.

5. SJSU will also send you a shared Google Sheet (spreadsheet) where you will enter information including schools attended, license information, contact information for your recommenders, etc. 

6. Send this Confidential Recommendation Form to your recommenders. They must return it directly via email to cls-group@sjsu.edu. SJSU will update your shared Google Sheet as the forms are received. Recommendation forms from supervisors and managers are preferred. Recommendations from instructors are acceptable. Recommendations from coworkers and friends are unacceptable. IMPORTANT: Upload PDF files, not JPG or PNG. 

7. Complete this Technical Standards Form and drop a PDF version into your shared Google Drive Folder. 

8. Follow the directions on this Personal Statement Form, and drop a PDF version of your finalized Personal Statement into your Google Drive Folder. 

IMPORTANT: Answer the essay prompt! We will deduct points if you do not. It is very obvious to us when an applicant is using a standardized statement. Remember, our Application Review Committee as well as all of our participating Clinical Affiliates may be reading your Personal Statement.

9. Drop a PDF version of your CGMBS Trainee License into your shared Google Drive Folder. 

IMPORTANT: You must have a valid CGMBS Trainee license by the application deadline.

10. Drop PDF versions of your transcripts into your shared Google Drive Folder. You need to include every college or university you have attended. Unofficial copies are ok. 

IMPORTANT: If prerequisites were taken at a foreign university or your bachelors degree was conferred by a foreign university, we require a copy of your Transcript Evaluation NACES or AICE only. You do not need to provide copies of your foreign transcripts. Provide the evaluations only.

11. Drop a PDF version of your Resume into your shared Google Drive Folder. It should be consistently formatted and free of typos. IMPORTANT: SJSU and our affiliates reserve the right to require verification of anything appearing on your resume.

12. If applicable, drop PDF versions of related licenses and certificates into your shared Google Drive Folder. Examples include an MLT licenses, CPT1 licenses, and MB certificates.

13. Address any remaining requests on your shared Google Sheet. We communicate with you during the application process through your shared Google Sheet. 

14. Beginning with the Fall 2024 application cohort, we will be reinstituting the application fee that was suspended during COVID shutdowns. We anticipate that fee will be $110.

When all of the required application documents are assembled in your shared Google folder and you are ready to have your folder evaluated by the Selection Committee

Send notification via email to cls-group@sjsu.edu

Subject line should be FOLDER COMPLETE (indicate term applying for, i.e., CGMBS Fall 2025)

Note: Our selection committee will not look at any of your documents until your application package is complete (including the three letters of recommendation) and we have received email notification that your folder is ready for review.