The UROP office will be accepting proposals until Monday, November 12, 2007, which is also the deadline for faculty mentors to upload their letters of recommendation. If you have already submitted a proposal, feel free to make revisions by the 12th.
As a reminder, if you need help with finding the appropriate research/creative opportunity and mentor, please complete the Student Interest Form, available on the UROP Web site (www.urop.uci.edu) under Student Corner.
UROP will fund a varied set of projects, with request up to $1,000 for individual projects, where the average amount of funding has been close to $600. For group proposals that involve multiple students, requests can be for up to $2,500, where the average amount of funding has been close to $1,200.
Funds can be used to support such expenditures as the purchase of materials and supplies, research-related travel, and the costs incurred in the presentation of research or creative activities. These funds cannot support major hardware purchases, salaries or stipends, or travel expenditures only. Proposals requiring no funding, or receiving adequate funding from departmental or other sources, may be submitted for a UROP Honorary Fellowship.
Complete proposals must be submitted online at the UROP Web site (http://www.urop.uci.edu/grants.html), by Monday, November 5, 2007 (extended to November 12th, out of fairness and since some students were given this extension).
The UROP Faculty Advisory Board will review the proposals. Standards for evaluation of funding requests include:
* Intellectual merit in the student’s proposed research activity
* Thoroughness and completeness of the proposal packet
* Level of commitment and support from the faculty
* Assessment of student’s UCI transcript
* Available Funds
Successful applicants will be notified by January 1, 2008 and may begin to make expenditures immediately. Students are required to present their research results and findings at the UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 17, 2008, and encouraged to submit a final paper for possible publication in The UCI Undergraduate Research Journal.
Students are encouraged to attend a UROP Proposal Writing Workshop on Thursday October 25, 2007 from 3:00-5:00 PM in Student Services II, Classroom 1010A/B. For more information, faculty and students may contact the UROP Office: Student Services II, Suite 2300; Zot Code 5685; Phone: (949) 824-4189; Fax: (949) 824-1607; e-mail: urop@uci.edu.