Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) began over 30 years ago at Mills College, Oakland, California in order to encourage young women to study math and science by showing the benefits of such education to their lives and by stimulating their interest in STEM careers. The UC Santa Cruz EYH Program includes:

• An Annual daylong Conference for 8th – 12th grade girls.
• GROW (Graduates and Researchers offer Outreach Workshops) at local middle and high schools
• EYH-GROW Ambassadors for local EYH Alumnae
  

Inspiring students to envision themselves as future engineers and scientists, Girls in Engineering brings middle school girls with an interest in mathematics together for a unique, two-week introduction to engineering at the UCSC Jack Baskin School of Engineering during the summer.

The Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program, IMSD, (formerly known as MBRS) provides undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to receive an in-depth experience in the academic and experimental aspects of biological research. Funded through the National Institute of Health, the undergraduate IMSD program consists of a summer research institute during the summer and laboratory research projects during the academic year. Graduate students receive Graduate Student Research (GSR) support and laboratory supply allotments.

MESA is a statewide program through the UC Office of the President, which provides academic development for middle and high school students to prepare for baccalaureate degree programs in mathematics and science and careers in engineering and other mathematics-based scientific fields.

MentorNet's One-on-One Mentoring Programs focus on matching women and underrepresented minorities with female or male professionals from all sectors as mentors for one-on-one, email-based mentoring (e-mentoring) relationships. MentorNet proteges are in the engineering and science fields and are community college, undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs and untenured faculty. UC Santa Cruz partners with MentorNet to provide this service to UCSC students.

The MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) Program offers research training to participating students to help prepare them to compete successfully for entry into graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. in the biological sciences or into a combined MD/Ph.D. program. Funded through the National Institute of Health, the MARC program's goals are to increase the numbers and capabilities of minority scientists and to prepare students for careers in biomedical research and/or teaching. MARC is an honors program. Acceptance is competitive and based on above average academic preparation and performance.

Since 1994 the UCSC-MIRT (Minority Biomedical Research Training Program at University of California, Santa Cruz) sponsored by the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health has provided training to underrepresented minority students and women who aspire to professional research careers in the biomedical sciences.

The Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP), also known as the MESA Engineering Program, is the university level component of the statewide Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA)—a program of the University of California Office of the President. At UC Santa Cruz, MEP is supported by the Baskin School of Engineering with its goal to promote diversity and facilitate the retention and graduation of a diverse population of students, especially groups which continue to remain the most underrepresented in engineering studies. The program received the 2004 UC Santa Cruz “Excellence Through Diversity Award” which is presented to programs or individuals for efforts which promote a diverse and inclusive environment.

As an NSF "SURF" Fellow you will join a UCSC research team and will take part in a research effort under close faculty supervision. The first step will be to formulate the research problem, then learn the necessary techniques or strategies to vigorously pursue the problem during the summer's work. Ideally, significant results will be obtained that could be included in a research publication. We believe that students who participate in this program will mature considerably in their scientific outlook. Fellowships of $3,750.00 plus on-campus housing will be awarded.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology (SURF-IT) offers opportunities for both UCSC students and non-UCSC students. SURF-IT will provide an intensive and personalized summer program with a focus on women, minority, and disadvantaged undergraduates. SURF-IT includes a research experience supervised by a UCSC faculty member in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or bioinformatics.