Programs
Academic Personal and Professional Excellence (APPEX)
A scholarship program that provides financial support plus transition assistance, academic support, STEM career development, and well-being and resilience training to incoming Freshman STEM majors that have been invited to join the UTSA Honors College.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/appex/
Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED)
A freshman and sophomore-level research training program that provides academic enrichment, financial support, faculty and peer mentoring, and training in UTSA biomedical research laboratories.
utsa.edu/crts/esteemed/
IMSD (Initiative for Maximizing Student Development) at UTSA
A research professional development program that provides financial and training support for doctoral students for the first three years of their training.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/imsd/
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC)
An Honors research training program that develops its trainees as exceptional applicants and trainees for doctoral programs in the behavioral and biomedical sciences. Trainees are also automatically admitted to the UTSA Honors College; you do not need to be an Honors student to apply. A MARC-2 program is available for applicants that do not meet MARC program requirements or are not admitted.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/marc/ - MARC program
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/marc/marc-2.html - MARC-2 program
Noyce Scholarship
A scholarship program that provides two years of support to students who have transferred from a community college to UTSA and plan on pursuing a career as science or math teachers in high needs school districts.
Teaching and Research in Environmental Ecology (TREE) / Educating Youth in Ecology (EYE)
A model to integrate mentoring between community entities to promote and enhance career development for underrepresented minorities in agriculture and natural resources.
utsa.edu/ecology/tree/
Urban Monarch Conservation Internship Program
An internship program that introduces students to career opportunities in positions in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and to job settings where they will gain practical experience and training in natural and cultural resource fields.
utsa.edu/crts/usfws1/
UTSA COS Rising Researchers Pre-Research Training Certification Program
A research training and support program designed to provide an introduction to laboratory research and aid in a successful transition into college life.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/rising-researchers/
UTSA Jefferson Scholars Program
A mentoring and training program for undergraduate students who aspire to become leaders in environmental science and ecology.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/jefferson-scholars/
UTSA STEM Transfer Pre-Research Academy
A research training and support program designed to support and connect transitioning community college students with the UTSA research community.
utsa.edu/mbrs/sta/
UTSA Tuggle Scholars Program
A mentoring and training program for graduate students who aspire to become leaders in environmental science and ecology.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/tuggle-scholars/
Work Study Research Training Program (WSRTP)
A research training program that allows work-study-eligible undergraduates to be paid for performing research in a UTSA research laboratory.
utsa.edu/mbrs/wsrtp/
Alamo Colleges CIMA-LSAMP Program at UTSA
A 10-week summer research program held on the UTSA main campus that allows Alamo Community College students to gain hands-on research experience in biology, chemistry, computer science, geological science, physics, and psychology projects.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/cima-lsamp/
Educating Youth in Environmental Science (EYES)
A K-5 educational outreach program that presents a series of lessons in conservation and natural resources to fifth graders.
sciences.utsa.edu/student-programs/eyes/
