To qualify for consideration for admission to the program students must have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.20 or higher and a combined score of 1,300 or better in the analytical and quantitative sections of the GRE test. In addition to these minimum requirements students are expected to have a strong interest in fundamental principles of behavioral biology. To maintain student diversity the program promotes the recruitment of minority students according to established university affirmative action policies. Graduate students admitted to the program are eligible for W. M. Keck predoctoral fellowships. Only Ph.D. students are eligible for W. M. Keck fellowships.
Foreign students are also eligible.
The program also has funds available to support attendance of students at conferences or summer courses. W. M. Keck fellows are strongly encouraged to apply for extramural fellowships, such as NSF fellowships, after their first year of support. A minimum of 3 rotations with members in the program. An Experimental Statistics course to be taken during the first year. Vertebrate animal behavior with focus on behavioral endocrinology, sensory neurobiology, physiology, or mammalian ecology.