Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Research Mentor Portal Deadline Extended to Aug. 23, 2021!

Facilitated by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (CRE), UROP is a nationally recognized, yearlong program in which 400 high-achieving underclassmen, transfer, and veteran students serve as research assistants to faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and campus partners.

Faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and campus partners who have submitted research projects to the portal will be contacted by UROP students during the first few weeks of the fall semester to schedule interviews. After finding a good match, research mentors and UROP students sign a contract outlining the expected duties and hours for the assistantship, which runs through the spring semester. In addition, all UROP students enroll in a yearlong research colloquium and present a poster of their contribution to the research mentor’s project at the annual FSU Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Benefits for research mentors submitting a UROP project include:

• Undergraduate research assistance
• Materials grants and recognition: faculty can receive a materials grant of up to $1,000 ($500/student, up to two students) and be eligible for a $2,000 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
• Post-docs can receive materials grants of up to $500 ($500/student, up to two students), while Graduate students can receive materials grants of up to $250
• Graduate students/Post-docs can be eligible for a $500 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award while acquiring mentoring experience through a structured program

We encourage you to learn more about UROP and to view the UROP Research Mentors Handbook here: https://cre.fsu.edu/research-mentor-information.

When you are ready to upload a research or creative project to request research assistants, make sure to submit your project by August 23rd, 2021, to the database using SurveyMonkeyApply: https://fsu-cre2.smapply.us/. Watch a recording of one of our UROP Research Mentor Info Sessions, which helps explain the benefits and process of becoming a UROP Research Mentor, here: https://cre.fsu.edu/research-mentor-information.

Please remember, by posting a project to the portal, there is no obligation to accept a UROP student if you do not find a good match. Feel free to contact CRE Associate Director Alicia Batailles with any questions you might have at alicia.batailles@fsu.edu.

Thank you for supporting undergraduate research at FSU!