Eligible Graduate Preparation Programs
The Graduate Prep Program list for the Fall 2027 Admissions cycle. For inquiries, please contact us at gradadmissions@ucsd.edu.
ACS Bridge – American Chemical Society
AEA – American Economics Association Summer Program
B2PhD – Bridge to PhD (CSU San Marcos)
Bridges to the Doctorate – (National Institutes of Health)
BUILD – Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (CSU Long Beach)
California Pre-Doctoral Program – (Sally Casanova Scholars)
CAMP – California Alliance for Maximizing Potential (UC San Diego)
CURE Program – Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (National Institutes of Health)
GEM - National GEM Consortium
Genentech Foundation Junior/Senior Scholars Program – (San Francisco State University / Genentech)
IMSD – Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (National Institutes of Health)
IRT – Institute for Recruitment of Teachers
JT-SURF – Jane Teranes Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship (UC San Diego)
Laureates & Leaders – (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
LSAMP – Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (National Science Foundation)
MARC – Maximizing Access to Research Careers (National Institutes of Health)
McNair Scholars Program – Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (Department of Education)
Meyerhoff Scholars Program – (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
MMUF – Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
MRSEC – Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (National Science Foundation)
MURAP – Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
PATHS – PATHways to STEM (UC San Diego)
PiNBAC – Harvard Program in Neuroscience Post-Baccalaureate
PREP – Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (National Institutes of Health)
RBSI – Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (American Political Science Association)
REU Program – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (National Science Foundation)
RISE – Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (National Institutes of Health)
SIEML – Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders (University of California)
SIP – Summer Internship Program (National Institutes of Health)
SR-EIP - Summer Research Early Identification Program (Leadership Alliance)
STARS – Summer Training Academy for Research Success (UC San Diego)
STARTastro – Summer Transfer Academy and Research Training in Astronomy & Astrophysics (UC San Diego & San Diego State University)
SURF - Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship (UC San Diego)
UC HBCU Initiative – University of California Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative
UC LEADS – University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees
U-RISE – Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (National Institutes of Health)
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