Upper Division EEOP Eligibility and Application

The EEOP Upper Division Application may be used to apply for the following undergraduate junior and senior programs:

• ADAR Honors Program for Aging Research
• CURE Program for Research in Cancer Biology
• MARC Program

If you are an incoming first-year student, please complete the application for BUSP.

To successfully complete this application, you will need the following information:

• Your UCD ID number [optional for new transfer student applicants]
• Your current cumulative college GPA
• Number of units completed toward your UCD degree
• Expected graduation date
• Recommender name, phone, and email address (we highly recommend that this be your current research mentor if you have one)
• Description of how program participation will help you attain your career goal(s) (700 characters, including spaces)
• Statement of Purpose (5,000 characters, including spaces), including your academic background, the area(s) of research that interest you the most, any research experience, your future educational and career goals, and your reasons for wanting to pursue these goals.
• Please describe your potential to contribute to biomedical research through your understanding of the barriers facing domestic minorities, students with disabilities, first generation students, former foster youth, and other members of groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce* as evidenced by your life experiences and educational background (1000 characters, including spaces).

*Previous or current homelessness, low-income, former recipient of the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program, former or current recipient of Federal Pell grants, former or current recipient of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or students from rural areas lacking resources, such as those designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer, or a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-designated Low-Income and Health Professional Shortage Areas (link downloads an excel file that includes zipcodes).

All applicants will need one letter of recommendation. If you are currently in a lab, we encourage you to obtain a letter from the Principal Investigator of that lab. If you are not in a lab, the letter should be from someone who knows you in an academic setting (as an instructor, TA, or advisor), in a work environment (your supervisor), or in a volunteer environment (your supervisor).

Your application will not be considered complete until we receive the recommendation.