The University of Minnesota's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) offers financial awards twice yearly to full time undergraduates for research, scholarly, or creative projects undertaken in partnership with a faculty member.  It encourages students to conduct research and pursue academic interests outside of their regular courses by employing them to work on special research projects.

UROP provides stipends of up to $1400 and research expenses of up to $300 for undergraduate students working with a University of Minnesota Faculty Mentor. Full-time (enrolled for =6 credits) undergraduates enrolled in any college on any campus are eligible to apply. Eligible Faculty Mentors are faculty members holding any type of appointment (including clinical, emeritus, adjunct, research associate, etc.) in any college on any campus. UROP students and their Faculty Mentors are often in different colleges and sometimes different campuses.

The next deadline for submitting proposals to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is Monday, February 27, 2012.

STUDENT UROP APPLICATION PROCESS

STEP 1: REVIEW APPLICATION MATERIALS

• Click here to download materials

STEP 2: FIND A FACULTY MENTOR

• College of Design UROP Opportunity Gallery

UROP awards are not limited to the listed projects or the listed faculty. All proposals will be carefully considered.

STEP 3: WRITE A PROPOSAL

• CDes UROP Proposal Writing Guide
• Writing Assistance and Resources

STEP 4: CHECK OUT SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

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STEP 5: SUBMIT YOUR UROP APPLICATION MATERIALS/PROPOSAL

STEP 6: WATCH FOR EMAIL NOTIFICATION

• Students and Faculty Mentors will be notified of the status of UROP proposals by email within 6-8 weeks of the submission deadline.

Questions?  Contact Katrina Ginther Thompson at kginther@umn.edu

Related Links

U of M Undergraduate Research Home Page

College of Design UROP Projects 2006-2011 (PDF)

National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)

2011 U of M Undergraduate Research Symposium

Additional Research Opportunities

Writing Assistance and Resources

U of M Peer Research Consultants Program

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