El Programa de Oportunidades de Investigación para Estudiantes de Pregrado proporciona financiación y/o créditos a los estudiantes de pregrado que participan como voluntarios en proyectos de investigación dirigidos por profesores, relacionados con todas las disciplinas académicas.
Universidades participantes
Entre las universidades participantes se encuentran la Universidad de Hawái , la Universidad de Queensland , la Universidad de Boston , el Instituto Tecnológico de Georgia (Georgia Tech), la Universidad de California, Irvine , la Universidad Estatal de California, Long Beach , el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), la Universidad de Michigan , la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología de Hong Kong (HKUST), la Universidad de Minnesota , la Universidad de Illinois Urbana-Champaign , la Universidad RWTH Aachen , el Imperial College de Londres , la Universidad de Nuevo Hampshire , el Politécnico de Turín y la Universidad Tecnológica de Nanyang .
Fundación y propósito
El programa del MIT se fundó en 1969, y el de la Universidad de Michigan en 1989 (principalmente para ayudar a las minorías y a las mujeres a incursionar en la ciencia y las matemáticas). La Universidad de California, Irvine, fundó su programa en 1995. En el Reino Unido, el Imperial College London ofrece un programa para realizar investigación en la mayoría de sus departamentos para estudiantes de pregrado. Además, el programa UROP también está disponible en la Universidad de Cambridge , la Universidad de Reading , la Universidad de Essex y la Universidad Nacional de Singapur . En 2008, la Universidad RWTH Aachen inició el primer programa internacional UROP para estudiantes de Estados Unidos y Canadá en Alemania. La Universidad de Sussex gestiona un programa similar, en todos sus departamentos, donde los estudiantes de pregrado reciben financiación durante 6 semanas como asociados de investigación junior. El programa de la Universidad Estatal de California, Long Beach, no está dirigido a estudiantes transferidos.
Llamadas
Los estudiantes pueden solicitar financiación presentando una propuesta durante las "Convocatorias de propuestas", que tienen lugar a lo largo del año escolar.
The Calls are announced on the school web sites and distributed to faculty members and the undergraduate counseling offices. Students have approximately one month from the announcement to submit their proposals. All undergraduate students from all disciplines and majors who are participating in a research project with a faculty advisor (usually a full-time professor at the university) eligible to respond to the current Call for Proposals if they are in good academic standing with the school.
Proposals
Proposals are prepared by the student applicant and jointly submitted by the student and the faculty advisors. UROP funds a variety of projects with grants depending upon the merits of the project. At University of California, Irvine, an individual student may receive up to $1,000 through UROP for projects during the school year, to help pay for supplies and other necessary materials. Alternatively, University of California, Irvine students may also apply for a prestigious summer fellowship, by which they may be awarded as much as $3,000 per project, which is meant to reward them for their time and efforts. Higher amounts may be awarded for group projects. The UROP Faculty Advisory Board reviews proposals and decides whether the project merits funding. The UROP Faculty Advisory Board also makes the funding recommendations.
Completion and submission
Upon completion of the year-long research project, students are expected to present their findings at the school's research symposium.[1] Although not a requirement, some students may submit their written reports (ranging from 15-25 pages) to the faculty committee in order to be considered for publication in the university's research journals. Publication in the UROP undergraduate research journal is known to be extremely competitive. In many cases, students are asked to submit numerous drafts to the faculty committee for review, only to find out that their papers are later denied publication. In the past, a mere 5% of all submissions were accepted for publication in the University of California, Irvine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology journals.
References
- ↑"UROP Symposium features student research projects". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- Undergraduate education