Life Sciences Samples & Resources
These samples are donated by UCSF students, postdocs, and alumni to offer you ideas to format and present your own skills and experiences.
Note: Plagiarizing is unethical. Do not copy the text verbatim. These samples are actual documents donated by UCSF alumni. Please respect their contribution, and avoid plagiarizing. UCSF is one of the few institutions that makes their samples public, and is to your advantage to create a document that stands out from your fellow applicants.
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Postdoctoral positions
- CV & cover letter I
- Cover letter II (from Stanford University)
- Still feeling clueless?
Academic faculty application packages
- Research-focused position: Sample I (includes cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, estimated budget)
- Research-focused position: Sample II (includes CV)
- Teaching-focused position: Sample I (includes cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy)
- Teaching-focused position: Sample II (includes cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, statement of research interests)
- Teaching-focused position: Sample III (includes cover letter)
Industry positions
Consulting positions
Interviewing
- Industry interview questions
- Sample list of behavioral interview questions commonly used in industry
- Informational interview questions
- Schedule for an academic interview visit: Sample for a Research-focused position, with two visits to the department
- Schedule for an academic interview visit: Sample for a Teaching-focused position, with one visit to the department
Thank you letters
Networking
- Informational interview request letter
- Informational interview questions
- Informational interview thank you letter I
- Informational interview thank you letter II
- Keeping in touch correspondence