Santa Clara University

The Advanced Bioscience Initiative will expand educational opportunities for diverse undergraduates to enter biotech industries, advanced degree programs or medical schools. The initiative leverages Santa Clara’s institutional investments, collaborative partnerships and faculty expertise to ensure that more students are equipped, through rigorous undergraduate curricula, research experiences and ethical inquiries, to enter and excel in emerging bioscientific disciplines or San Francisco Bay Area companies. The effort also includes outreach activities in collaboration with the Santa Clara County Biotechnology Education Partnership and Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium to engage high school students and academically orient them to exciting bioscience careers, which make up an expanding portion of the regional economy.