Ever wonder where to find the interesting collegiate research projects? Sure, you could visit every bulletin board on campus, but there’s a faster way. At Pitt, it’s as easy as typing: http://www.pitt.edu/~urop. UROP stands for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. If you’re interested in an academic year project or in a summer project that might take you to Belize, this Web site has the information for you.
The goal of this site is to give undergraduates
the ability to find out about all the opportunities that present themselves in
any discipline. These opportunities
include internships, fellowships and competitive awards at the University of
Pittsburgh and elsewhere. The site also
features undergraduate researchers who have been recognized nationally and
internationally. Two Pitt faculty members,
Lynne Hunter, Biological Sciences and Joe Grabowski, Chemistry, initiated the
Web site construction. Their decision
to develop the UROP site for the University of Pittsburgh as inspired by Prof.
Ken Jordan, Chemistry. Hunter and
Grabowski ware assisted on UROP project by comments from a small steering
committee. Work on the site has
proceeded with support from the College of Arts and Sciences Associated Dean
Beverly Harris-Schenz and Vice Provost for Research George Klinzing.
"One the strengths of receiving your
undergraduate education at Pitt", Grabowski noted, "is the astonishing
number of opportunities to be involved in state-of-the-art research, and to
work closely with world renowned faculty, highly talented post-docs, strongly
motivated graduate students, and eager classmates. Yet these opportunities are largely known only inside a given
department. The UROP site provides
information to people both inside and outside the university.”
If you are a faculty member and you want to
publicize your undergraduate research, award, or internship opportunity at the
University of Pittsburgh, send E-mail to urop@pitt.edu
to let students know. In addition to
collecting research opportunity data from faculty members and from programs
across the country, the UROP site is compiling stories from students. If you had an interesting undergraduate
research experience, send E-mail to urop@pitt.edu
to share your experiences with the University of Pittsburgh community.
This is a list of the special programs and when applications for these programs are typically due. Always check the Web site of the program for up-to-date information.
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Sponsor |
Discipline(s) |
Typical Deadline |
Information |
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R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute: |
Chemistry |
15 January |
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American Chemical Society Scholars Program |
Chemical Sciences |
15 February |
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ANSYS College Design Engineering Award |
Engineering |
13 November |
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NOBCChE |
Chemical Engineering |
12 December |