Welcome Alumni and Friends
With your support, the UC San Diego Department of Bioengineering continues to make significant strides in its mission to educate tomorrow’s bioengineering leaders, conduct advanced research, and drive innovation.
Choose your area of impact! Learn about our funding priorities, and select an area which best fits your philanthropic intentions.
Department Initiatives
Bioengineering Excellence and Innovation Fund
Fund: 3090
Your gracious donations provide opportunities for:
- Enriching Educational Experiences - allows Bioengineering students to participate in National Scientific/Engineering Scholarly Conferences and Competitions
- Experiential Learning through Senior Design Projects - that realize innovation and are highly relevant to future careers in Bioengineering by promoting teamwork, leadership, and professional skills
- Building Community - allows outreach, recruitment, retention and advancement of students with a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion through networking activities, workshops, and events.
Bioengineering Undergraduate Enrichment Fund
Fund: 2346
To support undergraduate student activities in the Bioengineering Department. This includes opportunities for travel to academic conferences.
Bioengineering Student Awards Endowed Fund
Fund: 7136
To support annual awards for outstanding undergraduate students in the Department of Bioengineering.
Educational Enrichment
Bioengineering Day Event Fund
Fund: 3110
To support the Bioengineering Day Event expenses and overall support of BE student organizations.
Bioengineering Graduate Student Organization
Fund: 4024
To support the Bioengineering Graduate Society (BEGS). This helps to sponsor our major events such as Breakfast with Industry.
Bioengineering Internship Fund
Fund: 2427
UC San Diego is starting a new program to give Bioengineering students a structured career development and learning opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience while making connections in professional fields they are considering as career paths.
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Fund: 2939
To support the UC San Diego student chapter Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). This helps to sponsor our major events such as Lab Expo.
Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC)
Fund: 7210
To support the Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC) student organization for club activities at UC San Diego.
Gender Minorities in Bioengineering (GMBE)
Fund: 2408
To provide support for the UC San Diego Gender Minorities in Bioengineering (GMBE) student organization based in the Department of Bioengineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering.
Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC)
Fund: 2424
To support the Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC) organization. This helps to sponsor our major events.
~we appreciate you!