Team projects may take several forms, as described below. In this case, the research project is clearly that of the faculty member, and the undergraduate student s have been assembled as a team to serve as co-researchers on that team. The level of participation by the students must be significant to the degree that published works resulting from the research would include them as co-authors or acknowledge them in some other way. Students should be involved in all phases of the research project. At the completion of their participation in the research project, students are expected to submit final reports to the UROP office.
Students work with a fair amount of independence.
The end result of each student s participation should provide a necessary component to the overall success of the faculty member s work. At the completion of their participation on the research project, students are expected to submit final reports to the UROP office. A group of students may develop their own research project, and then find a faculty sponsor to collaborate with them on that project. In this case, even though the project is conceived of and designed by the students, the proposal is submitted in the name of the faculty member. Obviously, faculty sponsors must have an interest and a high degree of expertise in the subject area of the research project.