Program Overview

UCSF AI4ALL is a program promoting the field of Artificial Intelligence providing early exposure to non–wet lab biomedical research and data-driven discovery. Our mission is to inspire tomorrow’s leaders to know, think about, and use statistics and computational methods to apply how the concepts of statistical inference, distributions, significance, and confounding are approached in medicine. During the program, students will learn about research and participate in structured enrichment activities, culminating in a presentation and/or additional academic output as applicable at the end of the program. Based on demonstrated progress and achievement of milestones, students may have the opportunity to continue their learning into the fall semester and beyond. Mentoring and career/personal development sessions with faculty, researchers, and graduate students further enable personal growth and an opportunity to explore career interests at the intersection of Computer Science and Biomedicine. We are committed to serving students of all financial backgrounds.

Who Should Apply?

The program targets SFUSD juniors (Class of 2027) who are taking/have taken AP Statistics and/or AP Computer Science.

Program Timeline

Applications open: February 20, 2026

Applications deadline: March 25, 2026.

Acceptances emailed: April 14, 2026.

Onboarding begins: April 20, 2026.

Internship first date: June 8, 2026.

Internship last date: August 14, 2026

Program Location

The 2026 program will take place on the Mission Bay UCSF campus in San Francisco, California. Lectures and research will be conducted at the UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute in Mission Bay. Students will be expected to attend sessions in person by commuting to campus every day of the program (on-campus housing will not be provided). Students must provide their own transportation and a personal laptop (encrypted & password-protected).

Program Topics

AI Education and Inspiration

• Lectures by UCSF professors.
• In-depth introductions to ongoing research projects at UCSF.
• Field trips to local companies involved in AI in Biomedicine.

Personal Growth

• Talks by experts in career and personal development.
• Small-group mentoring sessions with UCSF faculty and senior UCSF researchers.
• Social events with UCSF graduate students.

Hands-on Experience

• Students will engage in a small-group research project led by graduate students.
• Each research project will be focused around an application of AI to biomedicine.
• Students will give a group presentation of their work at the end of the program.
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Program Partners and Sponsors