UROP—Learn and Earn!

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is your chance to work with a Faculty Mentor on a Creative Activity or Research project with financial support from the University of Minnesota. UROP students receive stipends of up to $1400 and expenses of up to $300.

GET HELP: Check out these sample approved proposals for ideas on how to write your own successful proposal!

Sample Proposals:

Sample Proposal 1
Sample Proposal 2
Sample Proposal 3
Sample Proposal 4
Sample Proposal 5
Sample Proposal 6
Sample Proposal 7

Next UROP Proposal Deadline

The next deadline for submitting proposals to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is Monday, October 6, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Instructions for submitting proposals will be posted at the beginning of Fall Semester 2008.

The 2009 Undergraduate Symposium will be held at Coffman Memorial Union, Wednesday Afternoon, April 8, 2009.

How to Get Started!

Find a Faculty Mentor...

• Check out the links on the left under the heading For Current Students,

• Browse through the Research Gallery using the links to the left.

• Follow the UROP Opportunity Gallery link (to the left) to learn about some possible projects.

• Check the UROP's that were approved in Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. Would you be interested in working with one of these professors who has recently mentored another UROP student?

• Look at the Abstracts and Posters from the 2008 Undergraduate Symposium. These describe actual projects done by students like you with Faculty Mentors.

• Talk with your college's UROP Coordinator.

• Look at Faculty and Research listings on departmental websites.

• Email possible Faculty Mentors and arrange appointments to talk.

• Most Important: GO TALK TO PROFESSORS!

Meet an Undergraduate Researcher

Matthew Lulay, Economics, 2008 is a University of Minnesota Duluth student, whose interests include economics, philosophy, traveling, fitness, and guitar. Matthew is doing his undergraduate research while studying aborad in Birmingham UK. When asked "Why research?", Matthew responded, "I went into college not knowing how economics would work out. After a few courses I realized that it was for me. I grew more interested in international economics and decided to learn more. I was curious as to why England has remained with the Great British Pound (GBP) in a continent largely converted to the euro. I submitted a proposal with the guidance of Prof. Bedassa Tadesse and we went from there. Now I am in England studying the GBP and the euro on location which has been a great experience."