{"id":111,"date":"2021-04-30T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:50:40","slug":"undergraduate-research-opportunity-program-urop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/student\/undergraduate-research-opportunity-program-urop\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-511\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/69\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.Walking.Bridge.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" 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collaborations between University of Michigan-Flint undergraduate students and faculty researchers. UROP allows students to earn paid (or volunteer) hands-on research experience working alongside faculty on cutting-edge projects. Additionally, faculty are afforded the opportunity to mentor enthusiastic and talented students.<br><br>Because of the diverse nature of the research conducted at UM-Flint, undergraduate students at any level and from any academic discipline can participate in UROP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background mt-5 mb-5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color\">Students<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>All prospective UROP students must search for and apply to a project through the <a href=\"https:\/\/umflint.infoready4.com\/#urop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UROP competition site<\/a>. Faculty sponsors for each of the posted projects will have an opportunity to review student applications and select the student(s) with whom they would like to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2\"><strong>Application Period<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fall Semester<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Winter Semester<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Summer Semester<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">September<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">January<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">May<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For additional information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.umflint.edu\/research\/urop-student-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a>, this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1bQOlwdjc-bnZD_Bjgmp6jQPoHUWznkmDVLzZifIGa6U\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Informational PowerPoint<\/a>, or contact Andre Louis at <a href=\"mailto:alouis@umich.edu\">alouis@umich.edu<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UROP Student Application   InfoReady\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gNZX1l6NB5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click-by-click video tutorial on how to complete an InfoReady application.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a\n    id=\"block-block_31873bf2ae9398388d8e51ffc94f2050\"\n    class=\"btn mb-3 mb-md0 d-inline-flex btn-icon bg-primary\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/umflint.infoready4.com\/#urop\"\n    title=\"Apply to UROP\"\n    target=\"_blank\" >\n            <span class=\"btn-icon-image\">\n            <i class=\"fas fa-edit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"btn-icon-text\">\n            Apply to UROP        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-5 has-primary-color has-text-color\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-5\">Faculty are invited to submit new project proposals or project renewal requests. After review, UROP will transfer all accepted projects to the <a href=\"https:\/\/umflint.infoready4.com\/#urop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UROP domain of InfoReady<\/a>, the university&#8217;s internal competition site, where students can browse through the individual listings (i.e. competitions). For more information on the recruitment and performance period or for faculty FAQs, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.umflint.edu\/research\/urop-faculty-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UROP Faculty page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/student\/undergraduate-research-opportunity-program-urop\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}