Scripps Research Graduate Program Open House
Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, 12 - 1 pm PDT / 3 - 4 pm EDT
You're invited to Scripps Research’s annual Graduate Program Virtual Open House! Join us on October 23 for a live chat with our faculty members, admissions committee staff, and current graduate students. You'll discover what it means to earn your doctoral degree at Scripps Research, how to navigate the online application process, and daily life as a grad student.
Read the agenda in the box below and click on the blue Register Now button if you're interested in joining. This will be a fully virtual (Zoom) event and is open to all prospective graduate students. Stay for all four sessions, or drop in for just one or two!
Friday, October 23, 2025
1. Graduate Program Overview
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Customizable Curriculum
- Career Preparation
2: Discussion with Faculty Members & Current Students
- Preparing a Competitive Application
- Asking for Strong Recommendation Letters
- Writing your Research Statement
- Application Requirements & Interview Tips
- Featuring Profs. Megan Ken (CA) and James Burke (FL), as well as 3 current graduate students from both campuses
3: Questions and Answers
- No questions are off limits!
Scripps Research's Graduate Program, the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences, provides rigorous, interdisciplinary training in chemistry, chemical biology, neurobiology, immunology and microbiology, translational medicine, computational biology and modeling, structural biology, cell biology and biochemistry, and genetics and genomics. Students have access to the full curriculum and entire faculty affiliated with the program regardless of the faculty member’s department. This approach allows students to be broadly trained and emphasizes the creation of basic knowledge in the biosciences.
Launched in 1989, Scripps Research’s Graduate Program has been consistently ranked among the top graduate schools in the country according to U.S. News & World Report. Our program is rated #1 nationwide in the biological sciences (tied with MIT) and #7 in chemistry (tied with Northwestern). Scripps Research boasts more than 1,000 accomplished graduate program alumni, who work in both academia and industry.
Application deadline: 01 December 2026
