Overview
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is a free 9-week program that provides supplementary infrastructure to undergraduate students conducting research and creative work at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) during the summer. SURE provides the following:
Above: 2019 SURE participants remove invasive plants in the native Hawaiian plant section at Lyon Arboretum.
Cohort of undergraduate peers
Professional development modules once every two weeks
SURE Symposium on July 30, 2021
Faculty Mentoring Grant to support eligible* student projects
Note that SURE does not provide undergraduate students with research/creative work projects or positions, or faculty mentors.
Student Eligibility
Students eligible to participate in the SURE program include:
- All UHM undergraduate students doing faculty-mentored research or creative work with a UHM faculty mentor°
or non-UHM mentor - Any non-UHM undergraduate student doing research or creative work with a UHM faculty mentor°
Students do not need to be funded by UROP Project funding or a Faculty Mentoring Grant to participate.
Mentor Eligibility
- °Any UHM faculty member who is mentoring a UHM or non-UHM undergraduate student is encouraged to have the student join the SURE program
- Any non-UHM professionals (e.g. postdoctoral researcher at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]) mentoring a UHM undergraduate student is also encouraged to have the student join the SURE program.
Additional eligibility requirements apply to UHM faculty members mentoring UHM undergraduate students applying for Project or Presentation funding, as well as to UHM faculty members applying for a Faculty Mentoring Grant.
Participation is not mandatory. Students may choose which modules to attend. Students are encouraged to attend the end-of-summer symposium, at a minimum.
The 2021 SURE Symposium schedule will be announced in early July.
- Week 1 (Thursday, June 3; 9:00 – 11:00 am): Best Practices to Jump-Start Your Summer of Research or Creative Work
- Week 2 (Thursday, June 10; 9:00 – 10:30 am): Responsible Conduct of Research – Importance and Case Studies
- Week 3 (Thursday, June 17; 9:00 – 11:00 am): Panel on Identifying and Exploring Graduate Schools
- Week 5 (Thursday, July 1; 9:00 – 10:30 am): Resume and Cover Letter Writing
- Week 7 (Thursday, July 15; 9:00 – 10:30 am): How to Prepare for Oral and Poster Presentations
- Week 9 (Friday, July 30; TBD): SURE Symposium
Contact Information
Email any questions or comments to urop@hawaii.edu