What Is the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)?
Welcome to UROP
Welcome to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). The goal of UROP is to help you become involved in research and creative activity to stimulate your mind, broaden your perspectives, expand your intellectual and social networking and strengthen your connections to the University of Minnesota community, as well as the research and creative communities nationally and throughout the world.
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.
You can learn more about UROP here. Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are answered here. Learn about UROP research outside the United States here.
The next deadline for UROP applications is Monday, October 8, 2007.
The following deadline is March 3, 2008. The application process is described here.
The Opportunity Gallery lists specific UROP opportunities by field.
Current UROP participants can find information about their UROPs in this section.
The Undergraduate Symposium 2008 website describes the next Twin Cities Campus opportunity to showcase undergraduate research and creative activity. ("Under Construction")