DEI programs

Sponsored mentoring opportunities for Postdocs

IRACDA: 4-year fellowship to conduct research (75%) and career development (25%), which includes faculty-supported mentoring and teaching at CSUMB, our HSI partner institution. Grant writing, leadership, pedagogy workshops etc are also part of this program.

GAIN: 25% postdoc salary for 4 months to work with CSUMB professors to mentor underrepresented CSUMB STEM students during the semester (2-4 hours/week) and for 8 weeks at UCSC to engage in laboratory research.

Sponsored mentoring opportunities for Graduate Students

DDI: 1 quarter of GSR support to engage with CSU students (one visit at a nearby CSU and one return visit for a “shadow” day, to engage with local SACNAS or NSBE chapters and attend a URM-targeted meeting to create networking opportunities.

DDI - family science weekend: 1 quarter of GSR support to help plan a sponsored summer weekend family visit for graduate student’s families to better support “their” student by sharing the excitement of graduate school.

Sponsored mentoring opportunities for Faculty

3-year sponsored research program

UCSC postdocs

IRACDA (1 year is PI sponsored, 3 years are NIH sponsored)

2- year sponsored research program

UCSC Graduate Students

UCSC – IMSD (2 years, 1st and 2nd year students)

UCSC Undergraduate Students

RMI (2 years)

MARC (2 years, rising juniors and seniors)

CAMP (1-2 years, rising juniors and seniors)

LEADS (junior and senior years)

1-year sponsored research internships

UCSC undergraduate students

CAMP (1-2 years, rising juniors and seniors)

Postbaccaloreate

UCSC PREP (9 months - 1 year)

8 - week sponsored summer programs (undergraduate students)

UCSC students:

Packard: Summer Research Institute (SRI) or Summer Research Experience (SRE)

CAMP: Summer Research Institute (SRI) or Summer Research Experience (SRE)

Transfer students (prospective)

ACCESS

CSUMB students

GAIN