Students will look through UROP Project Books which list all of the available research projects. Students select the projects they want to apply for and are responsible for contacting the faculty sponsor to set up an interview. The student will ask you to sign a contract and then take care of the necessary paperwork with UROP staff. The faculty sponsor is responsible for setting a time and date for the student to begin to work. Faculty are often involved in activities which require short trips away from campus.
Students can continue to work on their project during the faculty sponsor's absence.
We recommend that you inform your student about your upcoming absence and provide the student with another staff member who can be consulted, if necessary, in your absence. If you know in advance of accepting a student that you will be gone on a number of trips or an extended leave in which you will be relatively unavailable to the student, you may want to postpone participation in UROP until the next academic year. First you need to complete a simple Faculty Application Form . You will need to sign a contract which the student will give you. This contract indicates to UROP staff that you have agreed to work with the student for the term.