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 in-person two-day event*, scheduled for May 23-24^th 2022 will be hosted jointly by the departments of Discovery and Process Chemistry (*pending local and company guidance regarding COVID-19). 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 early-career chemistry professor
• Distinguished Career Lecture from an eminent professor
• Research talks from Genentech Discovery and Process Chemistry highlighting breakthrough research programs
• Tour of the Genentech South San Francisco research laboratories 
• Social/networking activities
• Honorarium for award recipients

Interested 4^th 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, 2021 for consideration.

Finalists will be contacted in January 2022 and asked to submit a letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor. Awardees will be notified by March 2022 and formally invited to the symposium.