S-STEM: Engineering Success through Culturally-responsive and Hands-On LeARning Program

The NSF/UTSA S-STEM: Engineering Success through Culturally-responsive and Hands-On LeArning Program is an undergraduate scholarship program offered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering in the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design. Accepted scholars will be funded up to $15,000 per academic year for the entire duration of their undergraduate degree as long as they can demonstrate their financial need and maintain the minimum GPA. Upon application submission, the program candidates will be invited to interview for a spot in the program.

Students must meet the following eligibility criteria:
1. First year freshman or transfer biomedical engineering or chemical engineering major
2. U.S. citizen or permanent resident
3. Have unmet financial need
4. Pell Grant eligible
5. 2.5 GPA
6. Full-time student

Award
Varies
College/Department
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Deadline
12/31/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Name
  2. Gender
  3. Race
  4. Ethnicity
  5. Hometown and Zipcode
  6. High School
  7. Please list the science, engineering, technology, and math classes you have taken. Specify the high school, college, or university where you took these classes and the grades you earned.
  8. What were your midterm grades for each course this semester?
  9. What is your declared major at UTSA?
  10. Are you a freshman or transfer student?
    • If you are a transfer, what university did you previously attend and what was your GPA?
  11. Are you a first-generation college student? (i.e., your parent/guardian(s) or primary caretaker did not earn a degree from a four-year college or university).
  12. Do you live on- or off-campus?
  13. What are your skills? (i.e., leadership, academic excellence, community service, self-reliance, communication, problem solving, teamwork, etc.)
  14. Please list two professional references who can attest to your academic performance.
    • Reference One Name and Email Address
    • Reference Two Name and Email Address
  15. If you work, on average, how many hours do you work per week?
  16. From the list provided below, what skills and abilities from the list below are you interested in developing to support and enhance your academics?
    • If you answered "other", please specify below.
    • Select all that apply.
  17. How would a scholarship to cover your unmet financial need help accomplish your personal and academic goals? (Unmet financial need is the difference between the cost of college and the funds available to a student by way of personal funds, family contribution, and student loans)?
  18. What personal and academic challenges would a scholarship help to overcome?
  19. Explain whether your grade point average reflects your academic potential.
  20. What factors contributed to your academic success this past semester?
  21. What challenges or obstacles affected your grades this past semester?
  22. Tell us how your culture, background, and/or personal experiences have informed your selection to major in Biomedical Engineering or Chemical Engineering.
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