We seek to support students who are strongly motivated to become biomedical, social, behavioral, health sciences, or biomedical engineering researchers and want to become biomedical research scientists by earning their Ph.D.
PLEASE NOTE: This program is intended for individuals interested in pursuing research-focused advanced degrees or the professoriate.
PLEASE NOTE: This program is intended for individuals interested in pursuing research-focused advanced degrees or the professoriate.
A college instructor or high school teacher in science, mathematics or a writing course is encouraged. A family member or friend SHOULD NOT submit a recommendation.
BUILDing SCHOLARS requires students to be fully committed to our program, which involves mandatory attendance at workshops, summer research experiences away from UTEP, peer mentoring, research-mentored experiences at UTEP, etc. BUILDing SCHOLARS trainees must devote 19 hours/week to program activities. Students may participate in less intensive programs like UPBiT, but students cannot be in A-PRIME and BUILDing SCHOLARS at the same time. You may participate in extracurricular activities such as student clubs.
No. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable as part of the scholarship application and you should plan accordingly with your institution's processes and deadlines. OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS will be required if you are invited for an interview.
You can still apply, but you must specify in your application that you have at least two years of further study to complete your degree. BUILDing SCHOLARS requires a minimum of a two-year commitment. In order to evaluate your application, we need to know that you have two years of further study at UTEP.
No. Evaluation of high school seniors will be based on either the ACT or SAT. The UTEP Office of Student Assessment and Testing offers an institutional ACT examination and scores are available that day. Visit testing.utep.edu for more information.
No. This program is designed for students who will earn their undergraduate degrees at UTEP.
We are seeking to support students who want to become biomedical research scientists that will earn their Ph.D. The list of BUILD-approved majors is listed in the scholarship info page.