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ASPIRE Application 24-25
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First Name (Lived Name)
Last Name (Family Name)
Nickname (if any)
UC-Davis Email Address
Year of Birth (Please put only the year, NOT the month or day)
Current Major(s)
Year in College
?
- Select -
1st year
2nd year
3rd year and beyond
Are you currently in the UC Davis Honors program?
- Select -
Yes
No
How did you hear about the ASPIRE program?
Gender
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Woman
Man
Agender
Non-binary
Other/Prefer not to Answer
Preferred Pronouns (e.g., she/her, he/him/his, they/them/their)
Are you a first generation college student?
- Select -
Yes
No
Race/Ethnicity
Please choose the best option(s), even if they are not quite perfect. The categories we use are provided by the federal government, and we realize that they do a poor job of capturing the broad range of backgrounds of UC Davis students.
Black or African American
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
Native American / Alaskan Native
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Americas and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
Hispanic / Latinx
A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture of origin, regardless of race.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
White / Caucasian
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
Asian
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Asia, including the Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
Prefer not to report
Are you receiving need-based financial aid this quarter? Select all that apply
No financial aid this quarter
Work Study
Cal Grant A
Cal Grant B
Pell Grant
EOP / University Grant
Stafford
Plus / SLS
Perkins / University Loan
Other
If you selected "Other" in the previous question, or if there is additional relevant information regarding your financial aid, you can provide the details here.
Why are you interested in pursuing research? What do you hope to learn? Why are you specifically interested in getting involved in the ASPIRE research program?
Describe your long-term academic and career goals (e.g., intended college major, career, etc.).
Have you had any experience working with infants, children, elderly people, people with physical or mental disabilities, people with neurological or psychiatric disorders, and/or people from highly disadvantaged economic backgrounds? If so, please describe.
Science is an exciting environment built upon innovation and imagination, and it relies on its researchers' unique perspectives and experiences. However, there remains a gap in the diversity of perspectives within science, especially of those who are historically underrepresented
Science is an exciting environment built upon innovation and imagination, and it relies on its researchers' unique perspectives and experiences. However, there remains a gap in the diversity of perspectives within science, especially of those who are historically underrepresented (see
https://diversity.nih.gov/about-us/population-underrepresented
).
Please tell us about your perspectives, personal experiences, and/or identities and how they impact your academic goals and research interests. In addition, please include how you have contributed to diversity-related efforts (in science or in general) in the past and/or how you plan to do so in the future.
Describe any prior work, volunteer, or extracurricular experiences (even if they seem unrelated to academics). Your non-academic experiences are very important for ASPIRE. They provide important skills, such as planning and communication. And they give you valuable perspectives that can influence what research questions you ask and how you go about answering them.
Although most ASPIRE labs do not require extensive computer skills (and will teach you these skills), a few labs are looking for students with specific computer skills. Describe any computer skills that you’ve already developed (Web design, social media, video production, graphics, spreadsheets, programming, etc.).
Provide rank-ordered list of desired faculty mentors here (and indicate why you are interested in each of them):
Please provide a rank-ordered list of between 2 and 5 ASPIRE faculty (from the list of
available faculty members
.) with whom you would be interested in working (use “1” as your top choice). For each, indicate why you are interested in working with that individual. Information about the current faculty and their research can be found on the
ASPIRE web site
. If you are interested in working with a faculty member who is not on that list, but who works in the area of mind-and-brain sciences, please include that faculty member in your list; we may be able to add them to the program.
Upload Transcript (PDF)
Please upload a copy of your transcript in PDF format (not .docx, .cfm, etc.). An unofficial copy is fine. If you have completed at least one quarter at UC Davis, this should be your UC Davis transcript. If you have completed less than one quarter at UC Davis, please send the transcript from your most recent previous institution (e.g., your high school). If you think that multiple transcripts are relevant, you can combine them into a single PDF.
One file only.
256 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.
