UC Santa Cruz
Open To Cal-Bridge Scholars Only
Dates:June 23rd – August 15th, 2025
Description: Some of the most pivotal scientific discoveries during the last 50 years have been made by the UC Santa Cruz Division of Physical & Biological Sciences. Explore our many research labs, facilities, and natural reserves responsible for high-impact training and advancing human knowledge.
Stipend: Selected students will receive a $6000 stipend.
Housing: Participants will be provided with shared housing. Move-in/-out dates are the day before and after the dates provided above.
Travel: Travel costs will be covered.
Application: January 31st, 2025
Field trip to NASA’s Ames Research Center
Emergence in Strongly Correlated and Topological Electron Systems
Open to students in Physics/Astronomy
Searching for Surviving Planets Around White Dwarfs
Open to students in Physics/Astronomy, Mathematics/Statistics, and Computer Science/Computer Engineering
Probing Dark Matter and Dark Energy with Clusters of Galaxies
Open to students in Physics/Astronomy
Mathematical aspects of Machine Learning Algorithms
Open to students in Mathematics/Statistics and Computer Science/Computer Engineering
Time series modeling using Gaussian Processes
Open to students in Mathematics/Statistics
Atomically thin two-dimensional materials for brain-inspired-computers
Open to students in Physics/Astronomy
Solid-state ionizing particle instrumentation research and development
Open to students in Physics/Astronomy and Computer Science/Computer Engineering