QB3-UCSC Graduate Innovators Fellowship

Program Description

QB3-UCSC will offer Graduate Fellowship (GSR) support for three current Graduate students. QB3 fellows will be selected based on demonstrated innovation in biotechnology, genomics, or a related field. These fellowships are offered to support innovative research directions that are poised for commercialization.

Fellows will receive GSR-level support in-line for their graduate program. Fellows will be join the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem of QB3-UCSC and will be eligible to participate in QB3 program activities.

Eligibility

Applications can be submitted by current UCSC graduate students whose thesis work involves innovation and discovery that is primed for translational or entrepreneurial activity. A letter of recommendation from your PI is required.

Strong applicants will:

(1) have publications describing their innovations and inventions
(2) have made an invention disclosure to the UCSC Innovation Transfer Unit
(3) advanced to candidacy in their graduate program
(4) articulate their interests and plans for entrepreneurial development of their project

Application Process

The application and review process is designed to be uncomplicated and transparent. Application materials will be reviewed by the QB3-UCSC Internal Review committee.

The deadline for application is October 15. Awardees will be notified by November 1. Fellowship support will start 2025 Winter Quarter and run through the 2025 Fall Quarter.