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Cientifico Latino Guides
What are they? How do I apply?
Written 2020 by Yessica Santana
Everything you need to know to start applying to STEM graduate school programs.
Written in 2020 by George Iskander
What is it and how to write one?
Written 2017 by Marisa Rubio, PhD
Graduate School Personal Statements
STEM Graduate School Personal Statements
Biochemistry
CELL BIOLOGY
Sample #1
Written in 2012 - Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
BIOSCIENCES
Sample #1
Written in 2016 - Rockefeller University Biosciences Ph.D. program
Written in 2017 - Georgia Tech Quantitative Biosciences Ph.D. program
Sample #1
Written in 2015 - Yale University Molecular, Cell Biology, Genetics Ph.D. program
Sample #2
Written in 2016- Yale University Molecular, Cell Biology, Genetics Ph.D. program
Sample #3, Research Statement
Written in 2018 - UChicago Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology Ph.D. program
ecology & Evolutionary biology
Sample #1
Written in 2019 - University of Michigan Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Ph.D. Program
Sample #3
Written in 2016 - University of Michigan Program in Biomedical Sciences
Sample #4, Research Statement
Written in 2016 - University of California at San Francisco Tetrad Graduate Program
GEOLOGY
Biophysics
Sample #1
Written in 2019 - University of Wisconsin at Madison Biophysics Graduate Degree Program
Written in 2019 - Missouri University Geology and Geophysics Masters program
MICROBIOLOGY
Sample #1
Written in 2019 - Yale University Microbiology Ph.D. program
NEUROSCIENCE
Sample #2
Written in 2017 - Johns Hopkins Neuroscience Ph.D. program
Sample #3
Written in 2019 - Boston University Graduate Program in Neuroscience
See also Sample #1 under Biosciences
PSYCHOLOGY
Sample #1
Written in 2016 - Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program
PUBLIC HEALTH
Sample #1
Written in 2019 - University of Louisville MPH
STEM Summer Research Program Statements
Sample Graduate School Application CVs
Sample #1
Written in 2012 - Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
Sample #3
Written in 2019 - Old Dominion University Biophysics Ph.D. program
Written in 2019 - University of Pittsburgh Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Ph.D. program
Sample #2
Written in 2016 - Rockefeller University Biosciences Ph.D. program
Written in 2019 - Boston University Graduate Program in Neuroscience
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Personal Statements
Sample #1
Written in 2015 - Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
Written in 2017 - Yale University Molecular, Cell Biology, Genetics Ph.D. program
Written in 2015 - Yale University Neuroscience Ph.D. program
Written in 2014- Yale University Neuroscience Ph.D. program
Written in 2019 - Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
Written in 2018 - 2nd year at Rockefeller University Biosciences Ph.D. program
Written in 2017 - 1st year at Oregon State University Microbiology Ph.D. program
Sample #8
Written in 2014 - Senior Undergraduate at New Mexico State University, applying to Rice University Electrical Engineering Ph.D. program (Reviewer Feedback)
Research PROPOSAL
Biochemistry Sample #1
Written in 2014 - Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
Written in 2017- UC Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology Ph.D. program
Written in 2019 - Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
Written in 2021 - Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
Written in 2014 - Yale University Bioinformatics Ph.D. program
Written in 2015 - Yale University Chemistry Ph.D. program
Electrical Engineering Sample #1
Written in 2014 - Senior Undergraduate at New Mexico State University, applying to Rice University Electrical Engineering Ph.D. program (Reviewer Feedback)
Written in 2014 - Yale University Neuroscience Ph.D. program
Written in 2018 - 2nd year at Rockefeller University Biosciences Ph.D. program
Written in 2017 - Yale University Molecular, Cell Biology, Genetics Ph.D. program
Written in 2017 - 1st year at Oregon State University Microbiology Ph.D. program
See our blog post on how to write a successful NSF-GFRP application. For more examples and support for the NSF-GFRP, check out this list of examples and website both maintained by Alex Lang.
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans
CAREER ESSAY
PhD student (STEM) Sample #1
Written in 2014- Yale University Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology Ph.D. program
Written in 2014 - Stanford University Genetics MD/Ph.D. program
Written in 2014- UChicago Biophysical MD/Ph.D. program
NIH F31 Diversity Fellowship
Applicants Background and Goals for Research Training #1
Written in 2018 - University of Miami Cancer Biology Ph.D. program
Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
Personal Statement #1, Previous Research Statement #1, Research Plan #1
Written in 2016 - Yale University Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics, and Development Ph.D. program
Ford Dissertation Fellowship
Personal Statement #1, Previous Research Statement #1, Research Plan #1
Written in 2020 - Oregon State University Microbiology Ph.D. program
Personal Statement #2, Previous Research Statement #2, Research Plan #2
Written in 2015 - Rice University Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Program
Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship
Personal Statement #1, Research Plan #1
Written in 2016- UCLA Postdoc in Biomedical Engineering
HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
Written in 2019- Yale PhD in Neuroscience
Written in 2019- Yale PhD in Neuroscience