Approaching Your Next Application
Interested in a science opportunity? Here's how to strengthen your application!
Application Tips
Cold-emails Guide - A cold e-mail is an e-mail sent to a potential PI. Usually, this is a professor that you find interesting. Here's how to contact someone you have not formally met before.
Billie's sample when applying to grad school
Statement of Purpose - SoP's are essentially the "face" of your application. Here's a guide on how to write them.
CVs - CVs stand for "Curriculum Vitae", which stands for "Path of Life" - AKA, a very detailed resume on your path in science.
Interview Tips - Here's how to nail an interview!
Additional graduate school tips, like mistakes to avoid
Cover Letters Guide from Harvard University
Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource - Helpful resource on improving your scientific writing. Includes some specific lessons, examples, and practice opportunities.
Ten simple rules for navigating the reference letter seeking process
Undergraduate Scholarships
50 Top Scholarships for Native American and Alaska Native Students
Stanford ADVANCE Undergraduate Institute
A 3 day institute to introduce sophomores and juniors to the graduate school admissions process. Sponsored by Stanford Biosciences and Stanford Black Bioscience Organization. Applications due February 1. More info here.
Biotech Jobs
BioPharmGuy - Curated list of available biotech jobs!
Graduate School Fellowships
Stanford opportunities:
- Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science & Engineering
- Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Fellowship
- Graduate Fellowships
- Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships
- Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship
- Spectrum TL1 Predoctoral Research Training Program
- Fellowship and Grant Opportunities for Students of Color - Improving Diversity in Graduate Education
- Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship
- Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship
- Summer Research Fellowship for Veterinary Students Interested in Biomedical Research
Non-Stanford opportunities:
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- Autism Speaks Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship Program
- Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
- Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
- Autism Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Training Award