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A. Graduate Research Opportunities
Academic departments provide graduate students with opportunities for graduate assistantships. These positions support teaching, research, and administration. Details about these positions are available through the student’s academic department, various administrative departments, and centers and agencies conducting research. Criteria for selection and the stipend amounts vary by department.
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Robert Webb
Interim Dean, Office of Graduate Studies (OGS)
OGS Website
979.845.3631
Fax 979.862.1692
1. Grant and Fellowship Programs for Graduate Students
Several programs aimed at enhancing graduate and professional students’ research and career development are offered year round. Guidelines and applications, where applicable, are available from OGS.
a. Prospective Graduate Student - Travel Grants
Prospective Student travel grants are provided to departments to bring exceptional applicants to the university to meet with faculty and students and to survey educational facilities on campus. Maximum awards are $500 per student.
b. Regents’ Graduate Fellowships
Regents’ Graduate Fellowships are highly competitive awards given to students with exceptional credentials. Awards are granted by colleges and departments and amounts vary.
c. Association of Former Students/Graduate Merit Fellowships
Graduate Merit Fellowships are awarded through a university-wide nomination process and are designed to encourage high-quality first-time applicants to enroll in graduate programs at Texas A&M. Departments nominate students, and about 30 students receive $20,000 awards for their first year of graduate school.
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Website information about graduate grant and fellowship programs
d. Graduate Diversity Fellowships
Established to encourage the matriculation of highly qualified students who bring some aspect of diversity to Texas A&M, these fellowship recipients are nominated by their departments and receive a $13,000 fellowship. With this multi-year fellowship, the fellowship recipient also receives a graduate assistantship through the academic department and a tuition and fee stipend.
e. Pathways to the Doctorate Assistantship
This program provides $20,000 research assistantships for students who graduate from other universities within the A&M System.
f. Research and Presentation Grants
This program provides support for graduate student research or travel to conferences for presentations. Students who receive the grant are reimbursed for certain expenses up to $400.
g. Texas Aggie Graduate Grants
These grants are need-based awards (need is determined by Student Financial Aid) for graduate students who are Texas residents. Each student may receive up to $1,500 per semester, with a maximum of $3,000 per year.
h. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships are awarded by NSF and the funding may be administered through OGS.
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Information about Graduate Research Fellowships at the NSF Website
i. Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships are for predoctoral and dissertation fellows. These fellowships are given by the Ford Foundation and the “cost of education allowance” for predoctoral students is administered by OGS.
j. Welch Foundation Fellowships
The Welch Foundation established an endowment at Texas A&M to encourage superior graduate students to enroll in chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering graduate programs.
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Website information about Welsh Foundation Fellowships
B. Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The Office of Undergraduate Research is a resource for faculty interested in involving undergraduates in their research activities or in developing new research opportunities for students. The office is supported through both the Office of Graduate Studies and the Office of Undergraduate Programs.
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Robert Webb
Associate Dean, Office of Undergraduate Research
UGR Website
979.845.8585
Fax 979.845.1855
1. Undergraduate Research Scholars Program
Beginning in the fall of 2006, the Office of Undergraduate Research began offering a new undergraduate research experience for capable undergraduates with U3 classification. Qualified students must submit a written proposal to be considered for admission to the program. The Undergraduate Research Scholars Program offers students the opportunity to work on an independent research project with a faculty mentor. The student presents their research publicly and writes the results in a thesis. The thesis is then submitted to the digital collection that houses graduate theses and dissertations. A modest stipend is available to students in this program to defray costs of materials, supplies, or travel associated with this research.
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Website information about Undergraduate Research Scholars Program
2. University Honors Program
The University Honors Program at Texas A&M offers special opportunities for academically successful, confident, and motivated undergraduates to pursue course work and independent research that challenges their interests and abilities. The program is campus-wide, encompassing all undergraduate colleges in the university. As a result, honors students have access to the entire spectrum of educational resources available at Texas A&M. Honors courses and individualized research programs bring together outstanding students and faculty in an environment designed to encourage initiative, creativity, and independent thinking.
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Edward Funkhouser
Executive Director
Website information about the University Honors Program
979.845.6774
Fax 979.845.0300
3. University Undergraduate Research Fellows Program
The University Undergraduate Research Fellows Program is the capstone of the honors curriculum at Texas A&M. The two-semester research experience culminates in a senior honors thesis and is the most challenging undergraduate independent study opportunity available at the university. It provides participants with extraordinary access to faculty expertise and research resources. The Fellows program features a close, mentor-apprentice relationship between student researchers and faculty advisers and involves interdisciplinary group meetings throughout the academic year to foster scholarly community. A modest research stipend is made available to fellows to supplement departmental support. Participating students publicly present their research results at the annual University Undergraduate Research Fellows Symposium. Fellows are selected through a competitive process of reviewing research proposals from among qualifying junior honors students.
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Website information about the Undergraduate Research Fellows Program
Kurt Ritter
Associate Director of Honors
979.845.1957
Fax 979.845.0300
4. Honors Independent Study
The University Honors Program offers qualifying juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn up to nine hours of honors credit through independent study/research under the guidance of a faculty sponsor. Honors Independent Study is especially suitable in cases where no classroom courses exist in a specialty area, where a student would like to undertake a major research project, or where a custom-designed interdisciplinary course is the goal.
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Edward Funkhouser
Executive Director
University Honors Program Website
979.845.6774
Fax 979.845.0300
5. Student Research Week
The mission of Student Research Week (SRW) is to recognize and celebrate student research at Texas A&M. SRW aims to highlight the excellence and broad range of this research to the university community.
Student Research Week exemplifies Texas A&M’s long-standing commitment to providing educational research opportunities for students at all levels.
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Student Research Week Website
6. Summer Research Grant Program
Summer Research Grant Programs are offered through the various colleges. For a complete list of programs please visit the undergraduate research Web site.
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UGR Website
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