Which UROP funding opportunity is right for you?
The following table shows a broad overview of UROP’s different funding opportunities to help students and mentors find which opportunity is the right fit for them. For full details and how to apply, please visit each opportunity’s webpage by clicking on the link at the top of the table or by using the navigation menu on the right.
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Description |
Funding
for early career undergraduate students to be introduced to mentored research
or creative work |
Funding
for undergraduate students to conduct a mentored research or creative work
project |
Funding
for undergraduate students to present their completed research or creative project
at a local, national, or international conference, exhibition, or an
equivalent presentation venue |
Funding
for mentor to support undergraduate students to conduct research and creative
work in the summer |
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Intended for |
Undergraduate
students with little or no mentored research or creative work experience, but
who are motivated to explore it |
Undergraduate
students with sufficient academic training and motivation to write a
compelling proposal and to conduct research or creative work with a mentor |
Undergraduate
students who have already completed a mentored research or creative work and
are ready to present that work off campus |
Mentor
interested in mentoring undergraduate research or creative work in the summer
with financial support from UROP (note that all support must go to the
students) |
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Application Process |
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Application Cycle |
Spring
(2/2-3/3) Fall
(9/9-10/10) |
Spring
(2/2-3/3) Fall
(9/9-10/10) |
Rolling
deadline (must submit application before the event date; 3 months prior to
the event date recommended). |
Spring
(2/1-3/1) |
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Maximum Funding Request |
$1,500
per semester or $3,000 for two semesters for individual |
$5,000
max for individual $10,000
max for 2-10 member group |
$2,000
max for individual $4,000
max for 2 member group $5,000
max for 3-10 member group |
$5,000
max per student OR $10,000 max for 2 or more students |
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Applicant |
Student |
Mentor |
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Funding Disbursed To |
Student |
Mentor |
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Funding Type |
Merit-based
Scholarship (financial aid) |
RTRF |
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Funding Disbursement Semester/Time |
Semester
after application semester (summer option available for spring applicants) |
2-3
months after application submission |
May |
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Student Eligibility |
Mentored
by a UHM mentor who meets the eligibility
criteria |
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Enrolled
as a classified undergraduate student at UHM in the semester following the
application semester (funding disbursement semester) |
Enrolled
as a classified undergraduate student at UHM in the semester of presentation |
Classified
undergraduate student at UHM who will not have graduated before the end of summer |
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Have
no more than one active ERC funding at a time (if you previously received ERC
funding, you must satisfy all ERC completion requirements in the completion
semester prior to the new ERC’s semester of funding disbursement) |
Have
no more than one active UROP project at a time (if you previously received UROP
Project funding, you must satisfy all UROP project completion requirements in
the completion semester prior to the new project’s semester of funding
disbursement) |
Not
have already presented the proposed presentation off campus with UROP funding
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Cannot
be concurrently funded with UROP Project Funding |
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Submit
no more than one application per ERC funding cycle, and no more than a total
of $3,000 over two semesters for any given student |
Submit
no more than one application per Project funding cycle |
Presenting
at an off-campus venue or an on-campus event run by a non-UH entity |
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Have
more than 60 credits remaining in their bachelor’s degree program at the time
of application |
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Be
the presenting author(s) of the work |
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Mentor Eligibility |
UHM
faculty (I/R/S/B/A/J/M tenured, tenure track, and non-tenure
track faculty) OR have submitted and been granted a Mentor
Eligibility Petition |
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Student and Mentor
Expectations |
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Proposal and Application Submission |
Students
are expected to complete the application with guidance from a mentor |
Students
are expected to write the proposal with input and guidance from their mentor |
Students
are expected to write the proposal and with input and guidance from their
mentor |
Mentor
writes the proposal and submits the application. Mentors do not need to have
the student mentee recruited at the time of application |
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Timeline |
Students
pick 1 or 2 semesters |
Students propose a project timeline |
Students propose a presentation timeline |
Summer |
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Project Idea |
Students
participate in activities facilitated by the mentor |
Project
can be student-initiated (i.e., student comes up with a completely original
project idea) or mentor-initiated (i.e., mentor oversees a large project and
a student carves out a part of that project that they are primarily
responsible for) |
Students
participate in projects initiated by the faculty mentor |
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Completion Requirements |
Students
are required to submit all ERC completion requirements |
Students
are required to submit all project completion requirements |
Students
are required to submit all presentation completion requirements |
Students
are required to present at the SURE Symposium |