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Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Program Components
- 10 week summer program with total stipend of $4000.
- Academic enrichment courses and seminars to strengthen graduate school preparation.
- Extensive hands-on laboratory research training.
- Academic advising and mentoring from graduate students and faculty members.
- Workshops for GRE preparation, personal statement, interviewing skills, graduate school admissions.
Application Requirements
- Minority students with U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status.
- Undergraduate STEM students with a minimum of 27 semester credit hours with overall and science GPA of 3.25 and above.
- Resume and three letters of recommendation.
- One page (300 word) statement of interest.
- High School transcript.
- Current unofficial undergraduate transcript.
Email application materials to Dr. Shishir Shishodia (shishodias@tsu.edu) by May 19, 2014.
You can download a flyer here
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Summer High School Research Program
Duration: May 26 - August 8, 2014
Program Components
- 10 week summer program with total stipend of $1250.
- Academic enrichment courses and seminars to strengthen college readiness.
- Students learn about basic laboratory techniques, and gathering, analyzing and presenting scientific data. In addition, the students make scientific connections with faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows.
- Academic advising and mentoring from graduate students and faculty members.
- Workshops for personal statement, testing skills, interviewing skills, college admissions, career guidance.
Application Requirements
- Minority students with U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status.
- Students must be entering the 11th or 12th grade.
- Resume and three letters of recommendation.
- One page (300 word) statement of interest. Must have a passion for science.
- Current transcript.
Fill this form and email application materials to Dr. Shishir Shishodia (shishodias@tsu.edu) by May 19, 2014.
You can download a flyer here
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TSU Receives Prestigious National Science Foundation Research Infrastructure in Science and Engineering Award.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a Research Infrastructure in Science and Engineering (RISE) award of $991,206 over 3 years to Texas Southern University to support its proposed research on Characterization of Biomolecular Response to Environmental Stress. The multi-disciplinary team, led by Drs. Shishir Shishodia (PI), Jason Rosenzweig (Co-PI), Daniel Vrinceanu (Co-PI), and Hyun-Min Hwang (Co-PI), represents 3 departments from within the College of Science and Technology: Biology, Physics, and Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
Through basic science research, the mission of this funded project is to improve our understanding of the general biological principles guiding eukaryotic and prokaryotic cellular responses to environmental stress. More specifically, the investigative team will assess the exposure of the Houston population to platinum group elements discharged in automobile exhaust. Computer models will also be developed to predict the activities and pathways of specific stress-related molecules within exposed cells. The NSF RISE award will strengthen the environmental toxicology PhD program, housed within the Department of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, by providing financial support to minority PhD students. A mentoring initiative for graduate students to support their course preparation, effective teaching and learning, grant writing, and research will be developed. One of the program’s other major objectives is to embrace the K-12 community and undergraduate students through summer internship programs to advance research-based learning experiences and motivate them to pursue advanced degrees in STEM fields.
The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense." With an annual budget of about $7 billion (FY2014), NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. NSF’s RISE program was created to make resources available to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research.