University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UT LSAMP)

Established in 1992, UT LSAMP is the outcome of a 1991 Texas-wide effort by the eight University of Texas (UT) System campuses and six state community college districts to increase the number of students from historically underrepresented groups earning a STEM associate's /bachelor’s degree.

UT LSAMP offers participants sustainable, high-impact strategies, including their Summer Research Academy (SRA) and the Summer Research Academy Abroad (SRA - A). SRA is a 10-week, residential program that provides undergraduate STEM majors a full-time, paid, intensive graduate research experience working alongside nationally and internationally recognized professors at any of the 8 UT Campuses. By participating in this program, SRA allows participants to experience a STEM graduate program. In addition to conducting supervised research, SRA participants meet graduate students in the graduate program of their choice, attend research group/lab meetings, and participate in special meetings designed to help them with their graduate school plans.

SRA - A is a fully funded, 8-week summer study abroad research opportunity that provides undergraduate STEM majors individual, independent research experiences in labs/research groups at institutions abroad. Upon their return to the U.S., SRA – A participants are invited to participate, all expenses paid, in the annual UT System Student Research Conference that takes place each August.