The Rice Emerging Scholars Program (RESP) is a comprehensive college transition and success program that combines a rigorous six-week academic summer bridge program with personalized and holistic mentoring and support for the duration of the college experience for STEM students from under-resourced communities. RESP’s mission is to ensure that students of high potential who attended under-resourced high schools, particularly low-income and first-generation students, persist, thrive, and graduate at the same rate as their peers, and that these students achieve their academic and professional aspirations as scientists and engineers.
Why support RESP? RESP is designed to ensure that its participants—almost all of whom, prior to Rice, have had limited access to educational and economic opportunities—are not excluded due to cost. Accordingly, RESP Scholars attend the summer program at no cost and receive a stipend for their participation, and they benefit from a personalized array of mentoring and support services throughout their time at Rice.
More information about specific giving opportunities can be found at the bottom of this page.
To support an area of interest not listed in the drop-down menu, such as to a specific endowment or a capital gift, please select “Other” and specify your intent. If you are interested in discussing how you can make a more significant impact on the Rice Emerging Scholars Program through your current or long-term philanthropy, or to make a gift through appreciated securities, wire transfer, Donor Advised Fund (DAF), Charitable IRA Rollover, or through a deferred gift vehicle such as a bequest, please contact Sara L. Rice, Executive Director of Development for Schools, at slrice@rice.edu or 713-348-3189.
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