Eligibility Guidelines

Eligible students include

• All UHM undergraduate students; 
• Non-UHM undergraduate students under a UHM mentor*

Eligible students may further be

• Funded by UROP (but do not have to be);
• Presenting in-progress or completed projects;
• Participating or not participating in the regular SURE program (though it is encouraged).

*There are no eligibility requirements to be a UHM mentor for SURE. Mentor eligibility is required only when students apply for UROP student funding or mentors apply for a Mentoring Grant.

Registration Form

Registration for the 2025 SURE Symposium will open in June. The deadline to register is Tuesday, July 16 at 5 p.m.

If you are presenting as a group, please submit only one registration form, but provide information for each individual presenter. For groups larger than 6, please email the Program Coordinator at urop@hawaii.edu.

If you have received special permission to submit your abstract by email, before submitting, make sure:

• Your mentor has agreed to be listed as your project mentor and co-author;
• Your mentor has reviewed and approved your project title and abstract;
• Your abstract is no more than 1500 characters (~250 words).

Poster Printing Resources

UROP offers free poster printing to poster presenters, but make sure to submit your work order on time! Click here for more information.

All students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome to attend the SURE Symposium as guests. A sign up form will be made available in June.

Are you interested in contributing to the success of this year’s SURE Symposium? UROP kindly requests the assistance of UHM faculty, staff, and students, as well as of the broader community, to volunteer at the Symposium in the following roles:

• Registration and snacks: Two or more volunteers will set up and dismantle registration and snack tables and facilitate guest and presenter sign in.
• Moderating oral presentations: Two volunteers will be assigned to each of the presentation rooms, where they will introduce presenters, facilitate the Q&A portion of each presentation, keep time, troubleshoot technical issues, and pack their assigned room up.
• Photo and video documentation: Volunteers will photograph and/or record the day’s events for multimedia UROP can use in future promotional efforts.