<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/louisiana-tech-now-part-of-opportunity-rich-gulf-scholars-program.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>03/05/2026</pubDate><title>Louisiana Tech now part of opportunity-rich Gulf Scholars Program</title><main-featured>true</main-featured><category-featured>true</category-featured><summary>The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently added six colleges and universities — including Louisiana Tech — to its Gulf Scholars Program (GSP), a five-year, funded pilot program that prepares undergraduate students to address pressing environmental, health, energy, and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf Coast region.</summary><image><img src="/news/_images/nasem-gulf-research-program-logo.jpg" alt="Text reads: The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine Gulf Research Program"/></image><tags><tag>Applied and Natural Sciences</tag><tag>Students</tag></tags></item>