Tom Slick Jr. founded The Foundation for Applied Research, the organization that is now Texas Biomed, with the mission to provide “fundamental research and advanced education” in agricultural research, the natural sciences and medicine.
Not every teen’s ideal summer involves sitting at a lab bench conducting experiments, but for the young scientists taking part in the Valero Young Scientist Program at Texas Biomed, it has been a dream come true. Texas Biomed has partnered with Valero to offer a comprehensive science education program for rising high school juniors and
Texas Biomed is expanding its education programs to train and inspire the next generation of scientists in partnership with Valero, H-E-B and the American Cancer Society.
Texas Biomed’s new Scientist-in-Residence program is already leaving a positive mark on San Antonio students.
It’s a common refrain: Texas schools aren’t keeping pace with preparing young people for in-demand STEM careers.
At the beginning of 2022, Texas Biomed launched a new community outreach campaign, #Stand4Science, aimed at raising awareness and support for biomedical research.
Texas Biomed’s commitment to young people and science education has kicked into high gear in 2021 and 2022. Even while in-person campus tours were suspended due to the pandemic, the Education & Outreach team developed virtual campus tours for schools and afterschool clubs.