Scholarships

Scholarship Applications are available online ( General Scholarship Nomination Form & Specific Scholarship Nomination Form ) and the applicant should fill and upload all the required documents before the deadline Monday, September 10th 2012. All documents should be saved as PDF and uploaded in the Scholarship Nomination Form. Incomplete applications and those that fail to follow the format will notbe considered.


Notice (Please Read):

UTMB implemented a new system last fall, MySTAR, and with that came "student accounts" that UTMB has never had before. As a result, we changed the way we process scholarship checks so that it was consistent for all students at UTMB and in compmliance with federal regulations. Student Enrollment is now required to reflect all scholarships/awards on a student's financial aid records and report them to the Internal Revenue Service each year.

When Student Enrollment applies your scholarhip to your account, if there is a balance due for your tuition/fees, those are automatically paid first since that is an outstanding obligation to the University. Any remainder is direct deposited or mailed to you.


Document Preparation

  1. PERSONAL RESEARCH/CAREER STATEMENT: Please upload a one-page summary of your research accomplishments and career goals. To be considered for a travel award, provide the name of the meeting to be attended, identify the abstract to be presented (by citation) or your role at the conference and provide a statement concerning expectations to be met by attendance. Please use 10 or 12 font size and 1 inch margin. The document should be in pdf format.
  2. CURRICULUM VITAE: Please upload a current curriculum vitae prepared in standard UTMB format .
  3. TRANSCRIPT: Please use MySTAR to request an official transcript be sent to the Graduate School. If you have any questions please contact enrollment.services@utmb.edu.
  4. PUBLICATIONS (Optional): Please upload copies of the first page (ONLY) of two representative publications if you have any. The document should be in pdf format.
  5. CONFIDENTIAL COMMENTS BY DISSERTATION MENTOR: Please request that a confidential letter of nomination from your advisor or dissertation mentor is emailed to Floridia Lisa Email: lmflorid@utmb.edu. The letter should address stated criteria of the awards for which you are nominated. Do not submit additional letters.
  6. FINANCIAL NEED STATEMENT: For Scholarship requiring demonstrated financial need, please follow the steps below in order to have your financial need calculated:
    • Go to College Board http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/efc_welcome.jsp calculate your 2012-2013 EFC and financial need in order for us to estimate your financial aid. Once you have calculated your EFC, please print out the information.
    • Click on start>update pages and click next.
    • Under results click on Show Detail
    • Click on print this page, print your name and PID#, sign and date this page
    • Click on back to results summary
    • Click on “X” to close College Board web browser