APPEX Research Training Program
 
 

UTSA / National Science Foundation

Academic Personal and Professional Excellence (APPEX) Research Training Program & Fellowship

 
Save & Return Account (optional but highly recommended!)
-New Users / Returning Users CLICK HERE to setup or return to your account for this form.
-Creating an account enables you to return to this form and your submitted results.
-An account will also enable you to partially complete this form and return later to finish.
-The account you establish is only for this form.
 
Application Open: October 23, 2024
Priority Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025 / Then accepted until all positions filled.
 
Contact Information
Edith Bermeo James, Program Coordinator - edith.james@utsa.edu
 
PLEASE NOTE: We recommend that you might want to write/organize some responses offline before you begin this application (see below).  If you do not, you absolutely should make an account as described above.
 
Only incoming first-time freshmen are eligible for APPEX.  Please note that if you don't have some of the experiences described below, do not worry about it!  Also please note: you don't need to write huge essays.  A few sentences to a paragraph will work.
 
You will need to answer the following questions and provide certain documents.
  1. Please have your High School Transcripts ready to upload as a single PDF.
  2. High School or College Honors and Awards
  3. List of Honors/AP/Dual Credit courses and Grades
  4. Clubs and Organizations
  5. Leadership Experience
  6. STEM Outreach
  7. What practices related to well-being and health do you use in day to day life?
  8. What are your education and career goals?
  9. What motivates you to pursue the goals mentioned above?
  10. What type(s) of research interest you?
  11. Why do you want to be in this program?
  12. Please discuss any other relevant information that you feel the Student Selection Committee should take into consideration when assessing your application.