Galvanizing Engineering in Medicine INclusion Initiative (GEMINI)
Faculty Mentor Award

<Applications for the 2023-2024 GEMINI Faculty Mentor Award are closed. Thank you for your interest.>

The Institute of Engineering in Medicine (IEM) is committed to promoting inclusion and diversity. The GEMINI Faculty Mentor Award is motivated by IEM’s commitment to the principle that the contributions of researchers from diverse backgrounds improves the quality and impact of interdisciplinary research and research training.  GEMINI Faculty Mentor Awards are intended to recognize, encourage, and support the mentoring activities of early career faculty, research and project scientists that promote diversity, inclusion and access in research and research training at the interfaces of engineering and biomedical sciences at UC San Diego.

There will be one annual award of $15,000 to support the interdisciplinary research, research training, mentoring and outreach activities of early career faculty and research series mentors, who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in research training at the interfaces of engineering and biomedical sciences.

To learn more about and apply for the GEMINI Faculty Mentor Award, please click here. (Applications for the 2023-2024 GEMINI Faculty Mentor Award are closed by June 1st, 2023*)

Please email complete applications to gem@ucsd.edu.  Applications will only be considered received if you receive an email confirming receipt.