The Research Experience & Applied Learning (REAL) Portal offers research, internship, international, service learning, entrepreneurial, leadership, and other co-curricular opportunities that help students build real-world skills by applying knowledge gained in the classroom.

Learn By Doing

UC San Diego is committed to delivering an educational experience that develops students who are capable of solving problems, leading, and innovating in a diverse and interconnected world. Strengthening the connection between academic and high-impact, co-curricular experiences is one way to achieve this goal.

Along with the REAL Portal, there are opportunities all around campus that you can get involved with. Click discover to search for other opportunities.

The REAL Portal is part of the suite of Engaged Learning Tools (ELTs), a suite of tools that helps you discover, capture, review and share your experiences. To learn more about the suite of tools, including the Enhanced Electronic Transcript, Co-Curricular Record, and Portfolium, visit https://elt.ucsd.edu.

Westly Prize

Each year, the Westly Foundation awards prizes to young innovators with novel solutions to community problems. The Westly Foundation is looking for creative leaders who are early in their journey, and have not yet received major recognition or substantial outside investment, but have prototyped their solution and shown great potential. Because we value inventive problem-solving, we place no restrictions on the types of social issues our innovators choose to address. Non-profits, for-profits, and hybrid organizations are welcome, so long as the innovation is grounded in a strong social purpose.

Applications for the 2017-18 Westly Prize for Young Innovators of California are due by 11:59 pm Pacific Time on October 15, 2017, with Demo Day and selection on January 20, 2018. Grand prize winners will receive $25,000 and honorable mention winners will receive $5,000. Applicants under age 28 as of December 31, 2017 who live, work, or attend school in California — or who come from California and attend school elsewhere — are eligible to win.

For more information, visit http://westly.org/westly-prize/