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The “Achieving Change in our Communities for Student Success (ACCESS) in STEM” program recruits talented, low-income students, to study one of the University of Washington Tacoma's STEM majors, and seeks to support their retention and academic success by providing focused mentoring, a living learning community, course-based undergraduate research experiences and four years of targeted scholarship support up to $18,000/year.
This project was funded by NSF Scholarships in STEM Award #1741595 and #2130239 and #2527017 (Directorate for Education & Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education)
You can learn more in these videos with our program director, EC Cline:
What are our goals?
- Increase the number of STEM graduates at University of Washington Tacoma.
- Provide extra services through one-on-one mentoring, weekly/biweekly workshops and connecting scholars to on/off campus networking events.
- Create a living-learning community by encouraging scholars to live in campus housing with easily accessible extracurricular activities.
Meet our mentors
Get to know our Mentor in our ACCESS in STEM Meet Our Mentors
Applications
We are now accepting applications for students entering Autumn 2026. Deadline for FINAL consideration is June 24th 2026.
Eligibility requirements
- Minimum 3.0 high school GPA (or 2.5 college GPA for transfer students)
- Financial aid-eligible (SAI <$18,000)
- Admitted as First Year student (first time college student, or transfer student with <45 credits)
- Interested in STEM majors: Math, Biomedical Sciences, Environmental Science, Computer Science, IT or Engineering majors
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