Funded by a three-year grant awarded by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the San Francisco Bay Area Health Career Opportunity Program (HCOP) aims to increase diversity in health professions in the San Francisco region. To do so, HCOP supports programs and activities at four area anchor institutions—UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, San Francisco State University, and Health Career Connection—designed to help disadvantaged students successfully enter health careers. For example, the program supports the UC Berkeley HCOP Summer Research Program, which works to reduce barriers that prevent students from entering graduate school by funding 8-week summer internships, free GRE preparation, academic planning workshops, career and graduate education advising, and related activities.