The Office of Research, the College of Science and Technology, NSF-RISE and the NASA Center for Bionanotechnology and Environmental Research (CBER) provided summer research experiences for students on the campus of Texas Southern University. The 9-week 2014 program began with an orientation on June 2nd followed by engagement of students in research and scholarship with TSU faculty mentors. The research ranged from biological and technological innovations to artistic creations and scholarly inquiry with local and national implications in the respective fields. Under the direction of faculty mentors, students majoring in science, technology, and/or pharmacy engaged in activities that involved hands-on basic research, training in laboratory techniques, academic research enrichment, and field work as applicable to specific fields. Similarly, students majoring in the humanities, education, social & behavioral sciences engaged in activities that involved formulating qualitative and mixed-methods research questions, training in research methods, and hands-on experience towards the creation and use of discipline-specific research tools. This year, a series of workshops for student professional development was added. Topics covered included research design and lab report writing, responsible conduct of research, components of a manuscript, preparing oral and poster presentations, computational software utilization for scientific research, and preparation for graduate program applications. The summer research program that began at TSU in 2010 with only 15 students has witnessed a tremendous growth with 89 students participating in the 2014 program. Coordinated by Dr David Owerbach, 39 students were supported by the Office of Research for the current year. Students were drawn from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (14) and 25 from various departments including biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, transportation, engineering technologies, health science, psychology, sociology, political science, theater, administration of justice, business, sports medicine and communication.The College of Science and Technology (COST) program was sponsored by Dean Lei Yu and coordinated by Dr. Hyun-Min Hwang. This was the second year that COST sponsored this program. A total of 19 students was supported in this year’s program. The NSF-RISE program, supported by a research grant from the National Science Foundation, is a new addition to the campus-wide initiative this year. The program supported 6 college and 5 high school students. Dr. Shishir Shishodia is the PI with Drs. Hyun-Min Hwang, Daniel Vrinceanu and Jason Rosenzweig as Co-PI’s.The NASA-CBER program, coordinated by Brandy Butler, provided stipends and workshops for 49 students who fulfilled the eligible criteria established by NASA. Six CBER undergraduate students and 14 graduate students presented posters. The summer research experience concluded with student poster and oral presentations on Thursday, July 31st and Friday, Aug 1st.