Trainee Resources

Funding for Graduate Students

Dissertation Year Fellowship: https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/financial-aid/funding-for-continuing-students/dissertation-year-fellowship/

Dissertation Year Award for MBIDP Students: http://www.mbi.ucla.edu/resources-for-students/dissertation-fellowships/

UCLA Graduate Education Continuing Graduate Student Fellowships: https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/financial-aid/funding-for-continuing-students/fellowship-application/

Whitcome Fellowships (for MBIDP students): http://www.mbi.ucla.edu/resources-for-students/whitcome-fellowships/

Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31): https://researchtraining.nih.gov/programs/fellowships/F31

NIH Individual Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00):  https://researchtraining.nih.gov/programs/fellowships/F99-K00

Fogarty International Center (advancing science for global health):  Non-NIH Funding Opportunities for Predoctoral Researchers: https://www.fic.nih.gov/Funding/NonNIH/Pages/predoctoral-graduate.aspx

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program  (GRFP):  https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201

 

Funding for Post Docs

Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship: https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/fellowship

Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12):  From the NIH website: “The IRACDA program combines a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience with an opportunity to develop academic skills, including teaching, through workshops and mentored teaching assignments at a partner institution. The program is expected to facilitate the progress of postdoctoral candidates toward research and teaching careers in academia.”     https://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/CareerDev/Pages/TWDInstRes.aspx

 

UCLA Undergraduate Education and Community Outreach

UCLA Undergraduate Research Center -- Sciences   http://sciences.ugresearch.ucla.edu/

UCLA K-12 Outreach: "UCLA offers a variety of programs and resources for K-12 students, parents and educators. This webpage provides the basic information about each program in one central location."      https://k12outreach.ucla.edu/

School on Wheels:  "The mission of School on Wheels is to enhance educational opportunities for homeless children from kindergarten through twelfth grade … by offering: one-on-one weekly tutoring, school supplies, assistance in entering school, help in locating lost records, scholarships, guidance for parents in educational matters for their children, (and running) a Learning Center located in the heart of Skid Row."            https://www.schoolonwheels.org/

Opportunities for judging high school science fairs, networking with the people who organize the state and county science fairs, and recruiting science-minded high school students to UCLA:

          Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair: http://lascifair.org/how-to-help/

          California State Science Fair: http://cssf.usc.edu/

 

Promoting Diversity In Science

SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science):     https://sacnas.org/                   UCLA SACNAS chapter:  http://www.sacnasatucla.com/

ABRCMS (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students):         http://www.abrcms.org/

 

Research Opportunities

The following NIH websites are designed to provide training in biomedical research to outstanding students from groups underrepresented in biomedical sciences.