UROP is an acronym for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. It provides funding and credit to students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, University of Michigan and other universities who volunteer for laboratory work. The MIT program was founded in 1969, while that at the University of Michigan was founded in the 1980s to help minorities and women break into science and math fields. MIT redirects here. ... Boston University is a non-sectarian private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...
This university, college or other education institution article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UROP&action=edit).
UROP funds a variety of projects with grants depending upon the merits of the project.
Alternatively, UC 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.
Publication in the UROP undergraduate research journal is known to be extremely competitive.