A key feature of the training program is the Discovery Team where undergraduate and graduate students tackle real-world problems and may conduct their research in university laboratories, biomedical companies in the San Diego area, or in national laboratories including Lawrence Livermore, Lawrence Berkeley, Los Alamos or Sandia national laboratories. Training activities include faculty-student symposia, a journal club, and faculty and peer mentoring. Discovery teams consist of at least two faculties from different departments (for example, Biology and Mathematics or Computer Science), two to four undergraduate students, one or two graduate students, and a postdoctoral associate. Students will generally pursue their degree in Computational Science, a relatively new degree program at SDSU. Stipends are $20,772 for doctoral students and $10,956 for junior/senior undergraduates.