Would you like to review your math, prepare for Calculus and get paid for it? Undergraduates from any department in the College of Sciences or the College of Engineering attending SDSU or a local participating community colleges (City, Grossmont & Southwestern), who are Hispanic, African American, Native American or Pacific Islanders (from Samoa, Guam, the Philippines or Hawaii) are eligible.

Interested in a career in science? Want to learn how to do research - and get paid while you're learning? If so, the Bridges to the Future program could be for you. If you are attending community college before transferring to a four-year university, then check out the Bridges program.
It might be your bridge to a successful future

The UCSD/SDSU Institutional Research & Academic Career Development Award program seeks to combine a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience at a research-intensive institution with an opportunity to allow the candidate to develop teaching skills through innovative programs that involve mentored assignments at a Minority Serving Institution (MSI).

Does a large university campus seem intimidating to you? Do you worry about the support and guidance that you will receive at a large university? MSP is an academic support program that is here for you from the time you decide to attend SDSU until the day that you graduate. MSP is designed to recruit, retain, and graduate qualified ethnic minority students in the rigorous technical disciplines of science (specifically mathematics, chemistry, physics, and computer science).

Do you dream of changing the world through research? Would you like to conduct research and get paid for it? Would you like to teach at the University level as a professor? Would you like your tuition and books paid for? This is where the MARC program can help you! The mission of the Minority Access to Research Careers program is to increase the number of underrepresented ethnic students who can gain acceptance into graduate programs in a biomedical science to pursue a Ph.D.

An academic program whose purpose is to assist eligible students in obtaining a college education by providing services such as academic advising, mentoring, graduation assistance, a summer bridge program, and tutoring in the form of academic enrichment workshops.

All low-income and/or first generation, first-time freshmen, community college transfer students, and current SDSU students who have declared interest in the Sciences, Mathematics, Health and Human Services, or Engineering as majors are eligible.

Remember what is like to be the newest or youngest member of a group or at the school? We do. The Faculty/Student Mentoring Program involves pairing incoming students with experienced fellow students and a faculty member who serve as your "mentors". We have found that such a mentoring relationship can decrease the stress and anxiety related to attending a large institution like SDSU. Protégés meet with their student mentors one hour a week, attend a weekly program meeting, and meet individually with the faculty mentor at least once per semester.

The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) program, funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences offers support for undergraduate and graduate research training. MBRS is designed to rectify the low number of minority biomedical researchers. Therefore, students selected to participate in our program must be committed to earning a biomedical-related graduate degree (usually an Ph.D or MD/Ph.D). Students intending to pursue clinical medical degrees are usually not eligible.

The McNair program is built on the assumption that many exceptional individuals from low-income backgrounds, who would make excellent university professors, may not be easily identified. In some cases, inadequate preparation in secondary school, or a rough transition to college work may result in these students giving up on higher education or having their potential unrecognized.

The Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program is a joint venture between SDSU and UCSD sponsored by NIH/NIGMS MORE (Minority Opportunties in Research). PREP is targeted towards post-baccalaureate underrepresented minorities in the biomedical sciences and provides additional research training by placing them in research labs as mentored technicians. The program also provides coursework support and GRE preparation for students so that they will successfully matriculate into graduate school. The program is for up to two years and students receive an annual salary. PREP does not support laboratory supplies but will support students to attend scientific meetings. Click the button to learn more!

The Minority International Research Training Program is an NIH supported program designed to increase the number of minorities who will matriculate into Graduate school by sending students to various international research sites. This program is coordinated in conjunction with UCSD and University of Minnesota. Students are sent to international research sites for three months. The MIRT program supports the transportation, stipend and lab supplies for each student.