The efforts of our UG RISE students have resulted in several awards and recognitions during their undergraduate career at UPR Mayaguez. This is a representative list of their honors:
| Student | Award |
| Angeliz Soto | 2022 ASBMB 26th Annual Undergraduate Poster Competition: Honorable Mention |
| Gabriela Díaz | 2021 Barry Goldwater National Award |
| Michelle Narváez | 2021 Luis Stefani Raffucci Award UPRM; 2021 UPRM Charles Darwin Award |
| Eugenio Caraballo | 2021 Luis Stefani Raffucci Award UPRM; 2021 UPRM Esteban Terrats’ award |
| Gabriel Jiménez | 2021 ABRCMS Presentation Award: Biochemistry/Molecular Bio |
| Angeliz Soto | 2021 ABRCMS Presentation Award: Chemistry |
| Andrea Flores | 2021 ABRCMS Presentation Award: Cancer Biology |
| Ephraim Vázquez | 2021 ABRCMS Presentation Award: Engineering/Physics/Math |