Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) application

UROP Applications

Student applications are OPEN.

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) provides current University of Minnesota undergraduates $1,800 scholarships so that they can partner with a faculty member on research, which enables undergrads to explore academic and career interests, apply classroom learning to real-time research, and prepares them for a career or graduate school while working closely with a U of M faculty member. The application process is a two-step one. The student application deadline occurs first; once that has closed, faculty mentors will have a week to enter their recommendations. Due to security restrictions, mentors will not be able to access the site until the student portal has closed. View the UROP application questions here at any time.

Students

In order to submit a complete application, you will need: faculty mentor information, project title, project description and goals, project significance, timeline, background experience, funds requested and an itemized budget, if requesting expense money, and your 3-page project proposal that explains your research question, methodology, research plan, and expected outcome(s) to be uploaded at the end of the application.

For your convenience, here is a list of UROP project proposals organized by college and campus to help applicants better understand how to develop the required three-page research proposals.

Applications must be submitted online and within published deadlines in order to be considered. Paper or emailed copies will not be accepted. Please submit a new application for each round; revising a previous application will not appear correctly in the system.

Once your portion of the application is submitted, your faculty mentor will then be prompted to submit their recommendation form online, which is the final step in the application process. Faculty mentors will not be able to submit recommendations until the student deadline has passed (June 30 at 11:59 p.m.). Mentor recommendations must be submitted between June 30, 2025 and July 7, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

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