The Annual Review and Individual Development Plan (IDP) is an assessment of scholarly activities, types of funding received and sources, milestone achievements, and future goals for the upcoming academic year. All doctoral students are required to complete this form each year with their currently assigned graduate advisor and submit to the Graduate School for review.
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How does this work:
- Meet with your advisor/mentor.
Work with your mentor or advisor to discuss goals, opportunities and successes over the last year. This conversation shapes your goals and content of the Annual Review and IDP plan. - Fill out the Annual Review & IDP template.
After (or during) that discussion, enter the discussed information in the provided template and share it with your advisor. This is still a draft stage. - Revise based on feedback.
Your advisor will provide feedback and you will make edits until you’re both happy with the content. Once you’ve agreed on the final version, you’re ready to officially submit. - Enter the information in myUTSA.
Now you move from the template to the system:
- Log in to myUTSA
- Go to Quick Launch Card
- Select Personal Information
- Scroll to Other
- Choose Answer a Survey
- Select Doctoral – Annual Review and IDP
- Complete the survey by copying/pasting your finalized answers from the template.
Important tips to keep in mind:
- Have your CV/resumé open— this will make it easier to copy and paste information into the Annual Review and IDP template.
- There are 28 questions, each capped at 2,000 characters, so be concise.
- Please complete all questions that apply to you. Selecting “Yes” for certain questions may require you to provide additional information.
- Be specific: clear achievements, concrete goals, and timelines (e.g., “submit journal article by month/year”).
