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Faculty Membership Application

The mission of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program in the UCSD Health Sciences is to provide outstanding graduate training competitive with the best graduate programs in biomedical science worldwide. The program incorporates diverse research areas that help focus and develop customized training opportunities for students to advance toward the PhD or combined MD/PhD or PharmD/PhD degrees. A distinctive characteristic of the program is its multidisciplinary nature.

 

Appointment to the BMS Program

All faculty at UC San Diego whose research is relevant to the biomedical sciences are welcome to apply for membership by completing the application on the following pages. BMS faculty are expected to maintain the following as conditions of both initial and continued appointment:
  1. Appointment in a Professorial series (Professor, In-Residence, Adjunct, or Clinical X) in a basic, applied, or clinical science department at UCSD;
  2. Demonstrated past and ongoing independent research productivity in areas appropriate to biomedical sciences;
  3. Research support for active, ongoing laboratory research, including funds to pay for thesis student stipend, tuition and fee remission and research supplies and equipment;
  4. Adequate formally assigned research space;
  5. A training environment that provides opportunities for collaboration and participation in seminars and journal clubs.

Entry-Level faculty in the UCSD Health Sciences that: (1) have been recruited through an open national search in which multiple candidates were interviewed by a search committee; (2) are appointed through the Professor or In-Residence series and have at least 0.5 FTE salary support in a Health Sciences department; (3) have formally assigned laboratory space; and (4) have significant startup funding; may apply for membership in BMS coinciding with their arrival at UCSD. Their application should include a letter from their Department/Program Chair affirming that they meet the above criteria and describing their formally assigned lab space, salary support, and startup funding. These applications are reviewed on a rolling basis by the BMS Chair and Vice Chair.

Entry-level faculty in the UCSD Health Sciences that lack salary support (i.e. are appointed in the Adjunct or Clinical X series), formally assigned laboratory space, and/or startup support are required to show strong evidence of independent research productivity and stable research funding as a condition of BMS membership. Their application should include a letter from their Department/ Program Chair describing any institutional support available, including formally assigned lab space, salary support, and startup funding. Applications from these faculty are reviewed once per year (in the Spring quarter) by the BMS Executive Committee.

Established faculty in the UCSD Health Sciences with a robust training and funding record may apply for membership in BMS coinciding with their arrival at UCSD. Their application should include a letter from their Department/Program Chair describing their formally assigned lab space, salary support, and startup funding. These applications are reviewed on a rolling basis by the BMS Chair and Vice Chair.

Faculty with appointments in non-Health Sciences Departments at UCSD or at SIO are welcome to apply for membership. Applications from these faculty are reviewed once per year (in the Spring quarter) by the BMS Executive Committee.

For more information on expectations for faculty participation in BMS, thesis advisor responsibilities, BMS faculty committees, and the BMS curriculum, please download the full Faculty Membership Application.

Download the Faculty Membership Application here.