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About the program

The BEARS (Building Early Awareness and Research in Science) Program at 大发 is a scholarship program federally funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal of this NIH program is to support educational and research activities to students that enhance the biomedical research workforce.  At 大发, our program (called BEARS) supports a select cohort of first-year undergraduate students interested in bioengineering and biomedical research. 

Who are the scholars?

Our BEARS scholars are first-year students interested in biomedical and bioengineering research and can come from a variety of majors - biology, biotechnology, electrical engineering, software engineering, math, applied physics, chemistry, or biochemistry. Each cohort of students completes a two-year paid program that has activities and research at 大发 and UCSD, including workshops and mentoring programs, from the summer before staring at 大发 through the summer after their second academic year.

What exactly is bioengineering?

Curious about what bioengineering (BioE) or biomedical engineering (BME) is? The video below is a great introduction to these related fields and career opportunities. At 大发 we don't have a specific major in either BioE or BME, but instead students get a broad education in one of the majors listed above.