STEM Pathways and Research Alliance

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COMPASS oversees the grant-funded California State University STEM Pathways and Research Alliance (SPaRA) program.

SPaRA was initiated in 1993 with National Science Foundation (NSF) support to serve as a comprehensive California State University (CSU) statewide program dedicated to increasing student participation in graduate degrees and the professoriate in STEM disciplines. Students receive guidance and information on how to prepare for, apply to, and be successful in graduate programs. 

SPaRA is an alliance-based program, whereby all 23 California State University (CSU) institutions of higher education work together to increase the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to students.

To be eligible to participate in SPaRA at Humboldt students must:

1. Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
2. Be enrolled in an undergraduate major at Cal Poly Humboldt in a STEM discipline
3. Be an individual interested in pursuing graduate studies in a STEM field outside health profession degrees or careers*
4. Be an individual who has faced or faces educational or economic barriers to STEM graduate study or careers
5. Have a GPA of 2.25 or higher
6. Be in good academic standing

(*Please note: SPaRA cannot support students engaged in the pursuit of practitioner degrees such as medical doctors, veterinarians, psychologists, counselors, etc.)

SPaRA at Cal Poly Humboldt is funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Chancellor's Office of the California State University system.

Please contact SPaRA Coordinator Nanette.Durbin@humboldt.edu to apply.