Recruitment and Campus Visits
Biosciences Diversity Recruitment
The Ph.D. programs in Biosciences have made efforts to recruit talented students of color interested in biomedical research from across the country. Stanford administrators and faculty have attended national minority science and/or research conferences, including the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) national conference, and the American Indians in Science and Engineering Society (AISES) national conference, the Northern and Southern California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education, and McNair Scholars National Conferences.
The Stanford Biosciences programs have been represented at campus graduate school information fairs, and members of the Stanford community have conducted information sessions at colleges and universities across the country.
A Travel Schedule is available for more information on events that Stanford representatives will be attending.
Campus Visits
If you are planning a campus visit and would like more information about Biosciences diversity recruitment, please contact the The Office of Biosciences Diversity Programs at least 2 weeks in advance of your visit to arrange a meeting. Please call us at 650-724-2815.
Application Fee Waivers
We are now accepting Fee Waivers. If you are affiliated with any of the programs below, please follow the instructions as each program has different requirements. If you do not belong to any of the programs and would like to apply for a fee waiver, please click here.
GRE Fee Reduction Voucher Program
- Applicants who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. are eligible for a waiver of the application fee if they can obtain a GRE fee reduction voucher for the current academic year.
- ETS offers a limited number of GRE Fee Reduction Vouchers that are available for college seniors and unenrolled college graduates who meet eligibility requirements.
- A Fee Reduction Voucher may be used for one General Test and/or one Subject Test.
- Individuals meeting the eligibility requirements will be required to pay 50 percent of the full test fee.
- Voucher should be requested from ETS several months before the Stanford application deadline (to ensure time for processing).
- Request for application fee waiver based on the GRE voucher should be received by Graduate Admissions at least two weeks prior to the program application deadline.
- Graduate Admissions will contact you via email regarding the status of your waiver request.
McNair Scholars
- Applicants who have participated in the McNair Scholars program are eligible for a waiver of the application fee.
- The applicant must submit a letter from the McNair coordinator of their undergraduate institution confirming their status as a current McNair scholar (via fax or postal mail).
- Request should be received by Graduate Admissions at least 15 business days prior to the program application deadline.
- Include name, email address, and department(s) applied to.
- Graduate Admissions will contact you via email regarding the status of your waiver request.
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholars
- Applicants who have participated in the MARC Scholars program are eligible for a waiver of the application fee.
- The applicant must submit a letter from the MARC coordinator of their undergraduate institution confirming their status as a current MARC scholar (via fax or postal mail).
- Request should be received by Graduate Admissions at least 15 business days prior to the program application deadline.
- Include name, email address, and department(s) applied to.
- Graduate Admissions will contact you via email regarding the status of your waiver request.
Leadership Alliance SR-EIP
- Applicants who have participated in the SR-EIP program and who are graduating in December 2010 and Spring 2011 are eligible for a waiver of the application fee.
- Please contact the Coordinator for Leadership Alliance Graduate & Undergraduate Programs for more information.
Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program and STANDOUT Alumni
- Applicants who have participated in SSRP and/or STANDOUT are eligible for a waiver of the application fee.
Project 1000
- Applicants who sign up for Project 1000 are eligible for a waiver of the application fee.
- Project 1000 is a national program created to assist underrepresented students applying to graduate school in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) fields.
- Students may apply to up to seven of the over 88 participating Project 1000 institutions by using one application.
- Sign up for Project 1000 as early as possible (suggested at least 2 months in advance of the program application deadline).
- Students applying should contact Graduate Admissions and identify themselves as Project1000 participants at least two seeks prior to the program application deadline.
- Include name, email address, and department(s) applied to.
- If the admissions office does not have your name, contact Project1000 directly to ensure that the application has been processed.
- Graduate Admissions will contact you via email regarding the status of your waiver request.
- NOTE: Project 1000 Participants MUST complete the Stanford online application in addition to the Project1000 application.