Instructions for Applicant

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 26th 2011. 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.

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 go to the Enrollment Services office (2nd floor of Jamail Student Center) to request a transcript, or you may download the transcript request form and complete, scan, and email to enrollment.services@utmb.edu. You may send your scanned copy of your transcript to Karthic Kanmani at kakanman@utmb.edu or bring your copy to the Graduate School Office.
  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 2011-2012 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