Application – UTSA IES Pathways

The UTSA P20 Pathways to Educational Research Training Program is designed to mentor undergraduate juniors beginning in their junior year to conduct collaborative Educational Science research that prepares them for graduate study. The training program is primarily housed within the UTSA Department of Interdisciplinary Teaching and includes faculty and students from across disciplines who are conducting Educational Science research. The founded training program aims to:

1. Provide undergraduate juniors with experiences in conducting Educational Science research with a focus on P-20 Pipeline Issues while preparing participants for doctoral study, and

2. Help increase diversity in the educational science fields.

Please provide us your contact information and you will receive a personal link to apply to the program

P-20 Pathways Theme

Visit our Pathways Fellows page to know more about the P-20 research theme they are conducting!

Here are some of our fellows’ research statements:

Through my research I will be able to gain knowledge of strategies and practices I can implement in my own classroom to ensure that students from inequitable backgrounds are able to thrive academically and emotionally.

I want to focus my research on alternative pedagogical methods because of the current educational system. Teachers are only required to have 70% of their students passing standardized tests. Therefore, I want to be able to change this system by researching an educational paradigm shift where educators take approaches from special education into the mainstream classroom.

As a society, we place a big emphasis on educational backgrounds, but foster care students are usually left out of the conversation. These children not only change schools often, they change geographical locations, more than that they change families. I am working on a way to make their education a source of continuity in their life. I am working on giving them agency over their education.

Applicants Must:
- Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
- Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Be a junior enrolled part-time or full-time in a UTSA bachelor’s program
  Have completed between 60 to 90 credit hours
  Be enrolled at UTSA or transferring from one of the Alamo Colleges into UTSA
- Demonstrate potential and expressed interest in pursuing a graduate program to conduct education research in any discipline

Benefits

Fellows Will:
- Have access to weekly informal seminars
- Conduct research apprenticeships
- Participate in summer institutes that will help enhance oral and written communication skills, develop research skills and prepare for graduate school
- Attend a 1-week summer workshop at Stanford University and a 1-week workshop at UTSA
- Have an opportunity to publish research results and attend conference presentations with UTSA faculty and mentors
- Receive a stipend

1. Provide undergraduate juniors with experiences in conducting Educational Science research with a focus on P-20 Pipeline Issues while preparing participants for doctoral study, and

2. Help increase diversity in the educational science fields.

Please provide us your contact information and you will receive a personal link to apply to the program

P-20 Pathways Theme

Requirements

Applicants Must:

Benefits

Fellows Will: