Student Programs
TWRI is committed to training the next generation of water resources scientists and engineers.
We have two student water research scholarship programs, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Graduate Research Program and Mills Scholars Program, which provide $7,500 scholarships for graduate students to assist in conducting high-priority water resources research in Texas.
The 2026-2027 request for pre-proposals for the USGS Graduate Student Research Program and Mills Scholars Program is now open.
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Participating students are not only awarded financially but gain experience in proposal writing and gain exposure through their proposals, reports and posters being posted on our website and their projects being featured in TWRI News, our electronic newsletter.
Since 2001, we have awarded more than $1.36 million to 368 graduate students at universities throughout Texas conducting water research including:
- Baylor University
- Rice University
- Sam Houston State University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas State University
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville
- Texas Tech University
- University of North Texas
- The University of Texas
- The University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Texas at El Paso
- West Texas A&M University
- The University of Texas San Antonio
- Texas A&M University-Galveston
For any questions about these programs, please contact Danielle Kalisek at Danielle.Kalisek@ag.tamu.edu.
