Mentorship
Graduate Research Opportunity (GRO) Program
GRO Program Overview
The GRO Program provides graduate students across UCLA with opportunities to develop and apply research skills through meaningful, hands-on involvement in sexual and reproductive health research under the guidance of a Bixby Faculty Affiliate who serves as a GRO Faculty Mentor.
2026-2027
GRO Faculty Mentor interest forms are due October 6th, 2026.
The pilot program will support up to five individual mentor-mentee partnerships during Fall 2026 through Spring 2027. GRO Faculty Mentors and GRO Mentees may come from any school or department across UCLA, with a specific goal of fostering interdisciplinary partnerships. Each GRO Faculty Mentor will work with one GRO Mentee throughout the program.
Upon successful completion of the program, each GRO Mentee will receive a $5,000 stipend from the Bixby Center. Please note that this stipend is provided directly to the student and does not include tuition reimbursement. The stipend is intended to support the student’s participation in their GRO Faculty Mentor’s research project.
GRO Goals & Objectives
The GRO Program is designed to provide graduate students with both practical research experience and individualized faculty mentorship.
GRO Mentees
By the end of the program, GRO Mentees will:
Develop and apply research skills by contributing meaningfully to a sexual and reproductive health research project.
Gain substantive knowledge in a specific area of sexual and reproductive health.
Strengthen professional and practice-based skills through hands-on engagement in research.
Build a professional mentoring relationship with a UCLA Faculty member.
GRO Faculty Mentors
By the end of the program, GRO Faculty Mentors will gain:
Research support from a motivated graduate student.
Assistance with recruitment of a qualified graduate student, including promotion of the opportunity to eligible students.
Opportunities to mentor and support the development of the next generation of sexual and reproductive health researchers.
Stronger connections with the Bixby Center and other Bixby Faculty Affiliates.
Are you a motivated graduate student interested in SRH research?
If so, send the GRO webpage to one of our Bixby Faculty Affiliates to discuss potential GRO projects!
Are you interested in being a GRO Faculty Mentor?
Please complete the interest form linked below. It will take about 15 minutes to complete. The Bixby Center will review your completed form and reach out with next steps. GRO Faculty Mentor interest forms are due by October 6th, 2026. We aim to inform Faculty Mentors of the outcome by end of day October 14th, 2026.