Genentech is now accepting applications for our annual Graduate Student Symposium in Chemical Research seeking to recognize promising young scientists while highlighting career opportunities in pharmaceutical research.

The two-day event, scheduled for April 27-28^th 2020 in South San Francisco, CA, will be hosted jointly by the departments of Discovery and Process Chemistry. The complete program will provide a valuable and rewarding experience for our distinguished guests, and will include:

• Research award symposium, including talks from graduate award recipients
• Keynote seminar from a leading university chemistry professor
• Research talks from Genentech Discovery and Process Chemistry highlighting breakthrough research programs
• tour of the Genentech South San Francisco campus
• Networking opportunities to connect attendees with top Genentech researchers
• Travel accommodations and honorarium for award recipients

Interested 4th year graduate students are encouraged to submit a CV and short (1-3 pages) research summary here. Applications should be submitted as a single PDF document, with identifying name and institution in the file description (example: “Surname-Firstname-Institution”).

Applications must be received by December 31, 2019 for consideration.

Finalists will be contacted in January 2020 and asked to submit a letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor. Awardees will be notified by March 2020 and formally invited to the late spring symposium. A general information flyer with event and application details is attached.

We would be grateful if you would kindly share this information with your students and others in your department. Genentech looks forward to reviewing applications and seeing the research of your best and brightest young chemical scientists!