A completed application packet must be received in the RISE office for consideration by July 1^st (Fall) or November 1^st (Spring) and must include the following:

•  RISE Graduate Scholar Program
• RISE Scholarship MS application form
• (2) Faculty Letters of Reference
• Personal Statement
• Proposed Plan of Research (if applicable)
• Official copy of undergraduate transcript in STEM major

You may download the RISE Graduate Scholar Program form here, complete and send the application package to the address below.

A completed application packet must be received in the RISE office for consideration by March 30^th and must include the following:

• Completed, signed application (All questions must be answered).
• Two completed rating forms. Evaluators must sign completed rating forms and place them in envelopes. Envelopes should be sealed and signed by the evaluator on the back flap. Evaluators may send recommendations directly to the RISE Office to expedite action.
• Up-to-date official transcripts from all high schools attended. The transcripts must be received in a sealed envelope. School office may send transcripts directly to RISE Office.

You may download the RISE Undergraduate Scholar Program form here, complete and send the application package to the address below.

• Completed, signed application (all questions must be answered).
• Two completed rating forms. Evaluators must sign completed rating forms and place them in envelopes. Envelopes should be sealed and signed by the evaluator on the back flap. Evaluators may send recommendations directly to the RISE Office to expedite action.
• Up-to-date official transcripts from all high schools attended. The transcripts must be received in a sealed envelope. School office may send transcripts directly to RISE Office

You may download the Pre-Matriculation form here (PDF), complete and send the application package to the address below.

• Completed, signed application (all questions must be answered).
• Two completed rating forms. Evaluators must sign completed rating forms and place them in envelopes. Envelopes should be sealed and signed by the evaluator on the back flap. Evaluators may send recommendations directly to the RISE Office to expedite action.
• The transcripts must be received in a sealed envelope, unless student has provided mid-term and semester grade reports of the RISE office.

You may download the SIPRA form here (PDF), complete and send the application package to the address below.

Mail hard copies of all applications to:

Ms. Sharon Wellman, MS
Director of Student Research
Department of Biology – GCB #119
North Carolina A&T State University
1601 E. Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411