The SACNAS@USC team is accepting donations all year long. We want to provide as many students as possible to do funded research at USC. If you would like to help click on the link below.  ALL donations proceed to this scholarship.
 

Thank you for your interest in our scholarship!

The SACNAS team at USC is committed to make an impact on our community. For this reason in 2019, we initiated the "SACNAS@USC Community College Research Scholarship"  to do funded research at USC during one summer. 

The Scholarship

SACNAS@USC is offering an in-person scholarship opportunity for ONE community college students. All undergraduate students are welcome on our 8-week program.
The research commitment is part time for a 8 week period of time between the months of June and July 2023. 


Selected students will participate in the following weekly activities:
- Active involvement in professional development workshops. 
- Meet with their mentors to discuss scientific research.
- Develop a scientific project in a research lab at USC.
- Submit a progress report
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At the end of the program, students will present the scientific research they learned during the summer. Students that fulfill these requirements will receive a certificate of participation.

Elegibility

  1. Be enrolled in a community college as of Spring 2023
  2. Able to commute to and from USC during the summer (A TAP Card will be provided).
  3. Must have completed one laboratory class in the discipline of the applicant’s research interest (biology, physics, chemistry, etc.)​​

Application Requirements

  1. Submit your application online:
  2. Unofficial transcript.
  3. One letter of recommendation (Ask for these early).
  4. A one-page essay (800 word limit) describing  your personal academic or career goals and answering the following question: How would being awarded this scholarship help you achieve these goals? 
  5. Describe your most fulfilling community outreach experience. (500 word limit)
Underrepresented minorities and those with GPAs 2.5+ are encouraged to apply. There are no residency requirements. Please direct all questions to [email protected]

Find a research lab at USC

Navigate the Faculty websites of the different STEM departments at USC to read more about their research.

Funded students

Rae Nalbantian
LAVC

from Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC), attended the USC Chemistry professional development sessions during the summer of 2023 and worked with Dr. Suzana Goncalves Leles in the Levine​ lab at USC.
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Reynaldi Wijaya
PCC

from Pasadena City College (LACC) attended the virtual sessions during the summer of 2022 and worked with Ceaser Reyes in the Picazo lab at USC.
" Thank you SACNAS@USC for providing a great number of resources throughout my time at USC! I have learned and grown a lot through this summer experience and it is definitely will be a highlight of my time studying in the US."
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Danielle Enriquez
PCC

from Pasadena City College (LACC) attended  the virtual sessions during the summer of 2021 and worked with  Keshav Subramanian in the Kanoski lab at USC.
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Ada Lai
PCC

from Pasadena City College (LACC) attended  the virtual sessions during the summer of 2021 and worked with Maricarmen Pachicano in the Laboratory of NeuroImaging at USC.
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Nallely Dominguez
Chemistry - CSULA

from Los Angeles City College (LACC) spent the summer of 2019 at Mark Thompson's lab at USC.
" I really enjoyed the program. It gave me a good understanding not only of what it is like to work in a Chemistry laboratory but also of what I have to look forward to when pursuing a PhD [...] The overall experience was beyond what I expected​"
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