Funding

Supplementary Research Funding for UROP Faculty

UROP provides small research grants to faculty to cover the expense of low-cost equipment and materials, such as lab supplies, photocopying, telephone calls, etc. needed to support UROP student research activity. The average award is $300 per student.

Please include a list of the expense item(s) and the estimated cost(s) with your request. If approved, funds will be transferred into the requesting professor's University account, usually a discretionary account. This account may not be a federally-funded account. Please indicate the name, address and phone number of an administrative assistant, secretary or other person who our office may contact if we have any questions regarding the transfer of funds. You will be sent a memo indicating the approval of transfer of funds and the amount of the transfer.

To apply for these funds, complete the Supplementary Research Funding Application Form and return it to the UROP office via campus mail or fax it to 734 615-9000.

Travel grants

UROP has funds to support student travel to national and international professional meetings to present their research.  Students can pick up Travel Grant Applications from the UROP office.  In addition to this form, students must provide: (1) a copy of their abstract, (2) official confirmation from the conference, and (3) a letter of support from you. UROP awards grants of up to $1000 per student and awards on average 25- 30 travel grants each year. Processing of the grant applications takes from 7-10 days. Students will be notifed by e-mail if the travel grant has been approved and for what amount.

Funding Sources for Engaging Undergraduates in Your Research after UROP 

UROP Fellowships
UROP currently runs three summer fellowship programs for students to conduct full-time summer research. Student written proposals are due in February. The number of fellowships offered each varies given availability of external support. The current programs are:

            Summer Biomedical Fellowship Program

            Summer Engineering and Physical Science Fellowship Program

            Community-Based Research Fellowship Program

Read more about UROP Summer Fellowship Programs

National Science Foundation 

The National Science Foundation Educationand Human Resources Directorate provides funds to support undergraduate students on existing site awards. These supplements can be added to an active NSF research award. Detailed information can be found at:   http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) provides funding to support involving undergraduate students in research through supplement or site awards. Supplements may be added to any active research award. Contact the cognizant program director for information. See Crosscutting Programs or the CISE/EIA pages for information on site awards. Educational Innovation supports the transfer of recent research into the undergraduate curriculum. See the CISE/EIA pages for additional information.

• Combined Research-Curriculum Development (CRCD) is a joint program of the NSF Engineering Directorate (ENG) and the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE). It is similar to Education Innovation, but targets upper division undergraduate and beginning graduate level curricula. It also expects involvement with industry. See the CRCD home pages.
• The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) supports proposals for undergraduate education. See the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) pages under the Directorate for Education and Human Resources.

National Institutes of Health 

The National Institutes of Health offers supplemental grants to support underrepresented minority students or students with disabilities to work on NIH funded research projects. More information can be found at:  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/underint.htm

NASA 

In accordance with established Offices of Space Science policies, Principal Investigators on any OSS NASA Research Announcement (NRA) are strongly encouraged to submit an Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) proposal, which can include undergraduate research or innovative education projects.  See http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/guidelines.html for details.