Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Award OVERVIEW & APPLICATION GUIDELINES The College of Engineering Office of Academic Affairs offers undergraduate research opportunity program (UROP) awards to eligible students. This experience enhances undergraduate education by providing a funded co-curricular learning opportunity. Student Eligibility Requirements: All applicants must be enrolled and in good academic standing, in a College of Engineering major. Students must be enrolled full-time during the semester(s) in which they receive the award funding. Renewal requests must be accompanied by a progress report on project accomplishments to-date, including a list of public presentations at College and University research events. New proposals from previous recipients must be accompanied by a final report from the previous project, including a list of public presentations at College and University research events. Student/Faculty Matching Students are encouraged to seek out faculty members in their disciplines or related areas of interest. Faculty are also encouraged to reach out to students through in-class announcements, student organization meetings and general announcements via resources such as the College of Engineering web site and social media outlets. The Office of Academic Affairs () can assist students in meeting faculty in their interest areas, and can assist faculty with outreach to students. Student award mechanism and Faculty Co-sponsor: The Engineering UROP is a stipend-funded position. As such, students will need to complete WSU employment paperwork available via the Dean’s Office. The department or faculty mentor may co-sponsor the award with matching funding, but the maximum College funding will be for a $1000 per 16-week semester contact the Associate Dean for details. Awards are made on a semester-by-semester basis and – may be prorated down for partial terms. Submission Faculty sponsors must submit a digital copy of the application form to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs () as an attachment from their WSU AccessID email. Paper copies will not be reviewed. Students are allowed to apply for one project per semester. Faculty may supervise up to two (2) Engineering UROPs per semester, and should rank the applications. Completed applications will be accepted on a rolling Students must submit a five page (max) report at the end of their award term (the end of Winter term at the latest) to . Appendix materials, powerpoint presentations, etc. are welcome but the submission should all be send as a single PDF. URA students are expected to publicly present their work at College and University events, including but not limited to the College of Engineering Capstone and Student Research Expo and WSU Conference. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Award OVERVIEW & APPLICATION GUIDELINES The College of Engineering Office of Academic Affairs offers undergraduate research opportunity program (UROP) awards to eligible students. This experience enhances undergraduate education by providing a funded co-curricular learning opportunity. Student Eligibility Requirements: All applicants must be enrolled and in good academic standing, in a College of Engineering major. Students must be enrolled full-time during the semester(s) in which they receive the award funding. Renewal requests must be accompanied by a progress report on project accomplishments to-date, including a list of public presentations at College and University research events. New proposals from previous recipients must be accompanied by a final report from the previous project, including a list of public presentations at College and University research events. Student/Faculty Matching Students are encouraged to seek out faculty members in their disciplines or related areas of interest. Faculty are also encouraged to reach out to students through in-class announcements, student organization meetings and general announcements via resources such as the College of Engineering web site and social media outlets. The Office of Academic Affairs () can assist students in meeting faculty in their interest areas, and can assist faculty with outreach to students. Student award mechanism and Faculty Co-sponsor: The Engineering UROP is a stipend-funded position. As such, students will need to complete WSU employment paperwork available via the Dean’s Office. The department or faculty mentor may co-sponsor the award with matching funding, but the maximum College funding will be for a $1000 per 16-week semester – contact the Associate Dean for details. Awards are made on a semester-by-semester basis and may be prorated down for partial terms. Submission Faculty sponsors must submit a digital copy of the application form to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs () as an attachment from their WSU AccessID email. Paper copies will not be reviewed. Students are allowed to apply for one project per semester. Faculty may supervise up to two (2) Engineering UROPs per semester, and should rank the applications. Completed applications will be accepted on a rolling Students must submit a five page (max) report at the end of their award term (the end of Winter term at the latest) to . Appendix materials, powerpoint presentations, etc. are welcome but the submission should all be send as a single PDF. URA students are expected to publicly present their work at College and University events, including but not limited to the College of Engineering Capstone and Student Research Expo and WSU Conference. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
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