Resources

CEB Student Resources

Student Info, Forms & Biosciences Resources

CEB Student Handbook, 2025-2026: details on program requirements, deadlines, progress towards the Ph.D.

Course Map: for 1st and 2nd year students completing the breadth requirement (1 class each, in 5 out of 6 topic areas + a quantitative course)

BSD Laboratory Rotation form: documents faculty approval for rotation in their lab, specifies academic and training goals

Choosing your Research Mentor: an initiative of the BSD Dean's Council, this guide by and for UC Biosciences students will assist you in identifying your research mentor

Declaring your Advisor Form

Thesis Committee Meeting Form

Reimbursements & Payment Requests

Student Certification of Business-Related Reimbursement: please submit with all reimbursement requests

CEB Missing Receipts Memo: please submit if you do not have a copy of an expense receipt

Hinds Fund Awards: instructions for submitting payment requests

Computing Resources

UChicago Research Computing Center - provides a high-performance computing center, including visualization resources, access to software, workshops, one-on-one consulting with domain experts, and complete data-management strategies to researchers across all departments

UChicago student software discounts

Quantitative Genetics Resources - provides web links addressing issues in quantitative genetics, i.e., animal breeding, plant breeding, evolutionary genetics, human genetics

Software Carpentry - teaching basic lab skills for research computing