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CREATE provides research opportunities and experiences for Austin Community College students.

​CREATE provides the following opportunities:

  1. Competitive paid summer internships exclusively for Austin Community College (ACC) students with The University of Texas at Austin (UT)

  2. Research seminars given by UT faculty on an ACC campus

  3. ​Honors organic chemistry II laboratory course in which students develop new materials for application in UT research labs

Winner of the 2024 American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting Partners in Progress & Prosperity (P3) Award

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The Partners in Progress & Prosperity (P3) Award celebrates successful partnerships between two (or more) organizations with a presence in the Southwestern Region (industry, academia, government, small business, and other domestic or overseas entities, e.g., local sections, international ACS chapters, ACS divisions, other chemical or other professional societies) that have had an impactful outcome, within the Southwestern Region, in one of the following categories: Improving the public perception and appreciation for chemistry Promoting career advancement opportunities and/or supporting entrepreneurship in the chemistry enterprise Advancing advocacy efforts with government and/or other thought leaders Supporting STEM education and/or research 

Congratulations to Jude W!

Winner of CREATE's 1st Annual Stephen F. Martin Poster Award!

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"The CREATE Internship gave me my first opportunity to conduct paid engineering research and introduced me to a world that had once felt inaccessible. While conducting research at the University of Texas, I was taught from the ground up how to write a scientific abstract and produce and present a research poster.

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The skills and experiences I gained through CREATE later proved crucial in earning tens of thousands of dollars in awards and scholarships, including the PTK's Hites Transfer Scholarship. Although my research initially seemed unrelated to my major, it became an essential part of the story I told in my transfer essays. Through CREATE, I also met the scientist whose recommendation vouched for my commitment to science and ultimately helped me transfer from ACC to Yale University.

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The CREATE experience truly felt like it had been built with love for ACC students."

Angel S.

  • Summer 2025 Intern

  • Transferring to Yale Fall 2026

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