The ENhancing Undergraduate Science Research Experiences (ENSURE) program is an extended biomedical research experience that provides undergraduates with a robust network of mentoring support, and the necessary skills to successfully gain admittance to graduate and/or medical school. The legacy program was a two year program called the Enhancing Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Experience program. The current program is a three year program.

ENSURE scholars developed research skills through formal training in the classroom and hands-on wet lab research experience. Additionally, scholars learned the necessary skills to disseminate their research via academic journal publications and poster presentations at national conferences.

During the multi-year commitment, ENSURE fellows do not participate in other paid research or academic experience without prior approval from the ENSURE co-directors (this includes NSF program, Green Fellowship, external summer research programs, etc).

• Introduction to Biomedical Research Skills Course (3 hours/week, 15 week course) 
• ENSURE scholars dinner (once per semester) 
• Career Mentoring Meetings (once per semester) 
• Mentored Research in Laboratory
  • Weekly lab meetings
  • Biweekly mentor meetings 

• Summer Mentored Research in Laboratory
  • “Tools for Research” Series 
• Seminar Series (once per semester) 
• Responsible Conduct of Research Training 
• UTD’s Undergraduate Research Symposium (Spring) 
• UTD’s Summer Platform for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Research Symposium (July) 
• Travel to National/International Conference