Who Can Apply

New and existing graduate students in Biomedical Engineering

The BMEN Research Scholarship will be available in Fall 2025. Two scholarships of $1000 each, will be awarded on a competitive basis every year, subject to availability of funds.

Criteria for Application

New graduate student application criteria (minimum):

  1. Admitted or enrolled as a new graduate student in BMEN
  2. Should have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.7/4.0 (copy of transcripts required)
  3. Should register for at least 9 SCH towards MS/Ph.D. in BMEN degree
  4. Should be willing to conduct research towards a thesis/dissertation in any area of Biomedical Engineering
  5. Should provide a statement of research interest
  6. One letter of recommendation for MS student
  7. Two letters of recommendation for Ph.D. student
  8. Should not have received any other scholarship or assistantship

Existing graduate student application criteria (minimum):

  1. Should be enrolled for at least 9 SCH towards MS/Ph.D. in BMEN degree
  2. Should have completed at least one semester at UNT BMEN
  3. Should have UNT graduate GPA of at least 3.5/4.0
  4. Should be willing to conduct research towards a thesis/dissertation in any area of Biomedical Engineering
  5. Should provide a statement of research interest
  6. One letter of recommendation from UNT BMEN faculty for MS student
  7. Two letters of recommendation from UNT BMEN faculty for Ph.D. student
  8. Should not have received any other scholarship or assistantship

Please send all relevant documentation by August 1, 5 PM to Cheyenne Holcomb at Cheyenne.Holcomb@unt.edu and Dr. Vijay Vaidyanathan at Vijay.Vaidyanathan@unt.edu