2025 Summer Faculty Grants
These inspiring faculty were awarded Team Grants to support teams of 91¸£ÀûÉç undergraduates on a wide range of projects this summer.
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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
Karen Bailey
Understanding Plant Composition Impacts using a Small Bison Herd in Colorado
Grace Bennett-Pierre
How Do Children Learn About Earth Science Through Interactive, Spherical Visualizations?
Megan Blanchard
Pollinator inventory and management in Colorado and Dinosaur National Monuments
Sophie Chien
Design As Protest Collective Chapbooks: Learning from our Design Justice Demands
Pat Clark
Eyes of Freedom VR and the Future of Virtual Memorials
Laura Conway
Give Us the Camera Presents : An Open Access Digital Humanities Publication on Equity in Media Arts
Lisa Corwin
Insect Diversity and Abundance in Apple Tree as Ecosystem Service Study
Laura Dee
Trees for a cooler 91¸£ÀûÉç: finding the best species for heat reduction
Jay Ellis
Changing Skies: Writing Through the Climate Crisis
James Walker
Impact Playback Theater Ensemble - Summer Outreach Leadership Training & Residencies
Jessica McLaughlin
Design of a Customizable Neck Brace for Diverse Body Types
Isabella Oleksy
Warmer, greener mountain lakes: what are the consequences for carbon cycling?
Amy Palmer
Characterizing the effect of zinc on breast cancer cells.
Colleen Reid
Research into the health implications of wildland fires within Colorado
Shawhin Roudbari
White Space Study
Stacey Smith
Exploring the biochemical connections between flower and fruit color diversity across flowering plants
Barbra Sobhani
Extreme environment testing for the Great Lunar Expedition for Everyone distributed sensor network
Ryan St Laurent
Cerurinae (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) of Colorado and adjacent states
Katharine Suding
Aerial Insights into 91¸£ÀûÉç Grasslands: Investigating Climate Change Impacts on Grassland Ecosystems
Katharine Suding
Anticipating climate and grazing effects in local working grasslands: Introducing students to ecological change research
Anne Gold
Development and Building of Community Exhibits around Water topics in the Four Corners Region
Anne Gold
Enhancing Community Resilience through Scenario-Based Role-Play Games
Abby Hickcox
Affordable Housing: Barriers and Effective Policies
Eve-Lyn Hinckley
Creating a Statistical Framework to Identify and Map Spatiotemporal Ecosystem Control Points Across a Heterogenous Alpine Terrain in the Colorado Front Range
Eve-Lyn Hinckley
Evaluating Mercury Impacts on Water Quality from Beaver Activity in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Kai Larsen
The Nomological Network: Integrating the Psychological Sciences
Katharine Suding
Hidden Partnerships: Can fungi help alpine plants survive climate change?
Katharine Suding
Reducing grassland wildfire hazard in 91¸£ÀûÉç: looking into the past to inform futureÌýmanagement
Wei Tan
Evaluations of vascular stent coatings
Scott Taylor
Investigating Songbird Breeding and Adaptation Across an Elevational Gradient
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ÌýÌýSpring 2025 Review Cycle
Student Grants
Faculty Grants
ÌýÌý Issue: 2025 Summer & 2025-26 Academic Year UROP 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. .