GSIF Student Entry Guidelines

Scholars Academy Graduate School & Internship Fair
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
October 17, 2025

Purpose: The purpose of the 26th Annual UHD Scholars Academy Graduate School and Internship Fair (GSIF) is to help promote students to prospective graduate schools and internships. It additionally serves a second purpose of showcasing the academic projects undertaken by UHD students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as mentored by PhD professors. Qualifying activities are projects completed as part of internships and independent or directed study at UHD, or any undergraduate research on or off campus. A limited number of research posters will be displayed for invited guests.

Potential Audience: Invitations were sent to over 300 graduate schools or internship programs nationally. In addition to the faculty/students from UHD College of Sciences and Technology anticipated attendance at this year’s GSIF a limited capacity of guest exhibitors representing many different programs, such as Baylor College of Medicine, Ohio State Univ., Sam Houston State Univ., Stephen F. Austin State Univ., Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas Tech Univ., Univ. of North Texas, UT Health Science Centers (Houston, San Antonio, and Tyler), UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Southern Methodist University, and UT Medical Branch.
If you participated in off-campus research/internship and are a graduating senior, you are invited to participate in this year's GSIF poster presentation.

Invited Student Presenters: CST undergraduates and Scholars Academy members who will be graduating in the Fall 2025 semester are required to present a poster at GSIF (confer with your PhD faculty member). All other CST posters will be by invitation only. Invitations to present a poster will be made by UHD CST faculty to qualifying undergraduates. Students will complete the forms with approval by their faculty member.

Recognition of Participation: This conference is non-competitive. Participants will receive a copy of the proceedings and an important experience to include within their resumes. Abstracts included in the proceedings may be listed as a publication and the proceedings will be available at the Scholars Academy website.

Important GSIF Deadlines: