The SURF is open to non-Boston University students. Summer projects must have a minimum duration of 10 weeks. All Faculty Matching Grant projects must be supervised, non-credit endeavors. These awards are paid directly to the student. The faculty member is responsible for arranging payment and reporting of grant expenditures to the granting agency.
Pay is coordinated departmentally, and is taxable income for the student.
There are a limited number of these grants. Departments may submit a ranked order of proposals. Final awards will be decided upon by the UROP Faculty Advisory Committee. Some departments have external sources of funding for undergraduate research. For example, Biology in CAS and Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering have NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduate programs.