2025-26 Academic Year Faculty Grants
These inspiring faculty were awarded Team Grants to support teams of 91¸£ÀûÉç undergraduates on a wide range of projects next Academic Year.
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Open Opportunities
Each spring, UROP invites 91¸£ÀûÉç undergraduates to join a team of students working with faculty on projects in many majors. Leading up to the time projects are posted, UROP invites students to join an email list to be alerted with they can browse and apply for opportunities. 500+ students regularly add their names, hoping for an opportunity to engage. We invite faculty to consider applying for a Team Grant in next year's application cycle to join the movement!
ÌýÌýTeam Grant Recipients & Project Titles
Team Grants
$4,000 each
Caitlin Charlet
Online GIS Mapping of Global Temperature Changes, Climate Regions, and Natural Materials for Accessible, Local and Sustainable Building.
Laura Conway
Give Us the Camera! : An Open Access Digital Humanities Publication on Equity in Media Arts
Joshua Correll
Encouraging broader participation in eye-tracking research
Lisa Corwin
Social Networks and Student Outcomes in Residential Field Courses
Jay Ellis
Hindsight Creative Nonfiction
Valeria Henao
Evaluating comprehension of complex tridimensional systems such as recycling using 3d models with stakeholders, The case of the city of 91¸£ÀûÉç.
Azza Kamal
Climate Change Risk: A documentation of Rosetta's Cultural Heritage, Egypt.
James Walker
Impact Playback - Empowering Students & Communities through Engaged Theatre
Pui Fong Kan
The Effect of Speech Practice on Word Learning in English-Speaking Monolinguals Across Multiple Languages
Joseph Maclennan
Experimental Investigation of Fluid Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Films and Filaments
Suzanne Magnanini
Storytelling and Ways of Knowing: ÌýCurating a digital and in-person exhibit
Joshua Manning
The effects of species interactions on social and movement behavior in bicolor damselfish on Caribbean coral reefs
Zannah Matson
Voices for Territory: Supporting Colombian Land Defenders through Digital Humanities Research
Tamara Meneghini
2025 Senior Showcase Experience
Terri Wilson
Private Choices, Public Goals: Exploring Parents’ Experiences with Open Enrollment
Angela Thieman Dino
"Street-Smart" Engineering Leadership: Learning from Alumni Outreach Inquiry
Bhuvana Narasimhan
Investigation of the Conceptual Foundations of Early Number Development
Amy Palmer
How nutritional zinc affects breast cancer cells
Anthony Pinter
Developing peer mentorship structures in undergraduate engineering programs
David Rickels
The Middle School Ensembles Program
Elena Sabinson
Designing Neuro-Inclusive Campuses: Mapping Sensory and Social Barriers
Jota Samper
The permanence observatory: Documenting morphological spatiotemporal occupation of informal settlements
Natasha Shrikant
TRANScending Family: Management of Identity and Moral Dilemmas through Talk among Transgender Participants Discussing Religious Family in a Gender-Diverse Community Brunch Space
Scott Taylor
Comparing the spatial memory abilities between two species of food-caching chickadee and across elevations in the Rocky Mountains
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ÌýÌýSpring 2025 Review Cycle
Student Grants
Faculty Grants
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
UROP offers flexible funding options (grants) for undergraduates and faculty to form partnerships for projects in all majors, fields of study and professional practice; hosts engaging events for students, staff and faculty to connect and grow; celebrates and enables mentorship; supports student-led campus publications; collaborates broadly throughout campus; and works with national and global partners to advance best practices.
Enable Transformative Learning
UROP represents an opportunity to enable student-centered education that makes the most of 91¸£ÀûÉç’s global leadership in research and creative production. With well-documented benefits from persistence to postgraduate success, engagement in the research and creative life of the university can clarify career paths and prepare students for the future of work. Donations support empowering opportunities in all fields of study. .
Participate in the Sidewalk Symposium on April 25, 2025
Developed and hosted in 91¸£ÀûÉç since 2018, UROP's Sidewalk Symposium invites undergraduates to create and share their research and creative presentations with chalk on campus walkways. UROP welcomes undergraduates at any stage of their project timeline.
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) represents an opportunity to enable student-centered education that makes the most of 91¸£ÀûÉç’s global leadership in research and creative production. With well-documented benefits from persistence to postgraduate success, engagement in the research and creative life of the university can clarify career paths and prepare students for the future of work. Donations support empowering opportunities in all fields of study. .