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Shaping Experiential Research for Veteran Education (SERVE), is a multi-university research experience program for undergraduate student veterans. This work in progress paper details the program development, assessment, and program challenges through the first two years. The overall goal of SERVE is to provide unique experiences for veterans to motivate them to continue to graduate school or pursue a career in Naval STEM research. A mentor program was implemented to provide research faculty mentors, Navy engineering mentors and an expanded mentor network to support the student veterans. The program is well received at both universities and has demonstrated a positive impact on the undergraduate student veterans. Several program challenges are presented along with methods used to overcome those challenges to provide a better experience for both the veteran students and faculty mentors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]