UROP Guidelines for MIT/CME Students
Below you will find information on the guidelines that you must follow in order to participate in a UROP.
Once you have found a UROP
- Submit your evaluation(s) from your most recent UROP.
- With your UROP faculty supervisor, choose direct funding, supervisor funding, credit, or volunteer.
- Write a UROP research proposal describing your planned research activities for the semester.
- Submit an online UROP application. See Applying for UROPs for the access URL to your UROP student homepage and complete instructions on the online application process.
- UROP applications cannot be processed by UROP staff, until both your UROP faculty supervisor and the department/lab UROP coordinator have approved your application either via the new online system or a hard-copy form that you print for signatures (from the online system) and submit to UROP in staff by the given deadline for the term.
- No approvals, timesheets, or paychecks will be issued until all required materials have been received and approved.
- You may not receive credit and pay for the same project during the same term.
- You may not receive supervisor funding and direct funding for the same project during the same term.
- See the UROP Deadlines page for all current UROP deadlines. Applications are due to UROP staff no later than 5PM on the given deadline date.
UROP FOR CREDIT
- YOU MUST REGISTER UROP CREDIT WITH THE REGISTRAR IN ADDITION TO SUBMITTING YOUR CREDIT UROP APPLICATION. Register for your UROP credit on your registration form or submit an Add/Drop form to the Registrar's Office by Drop Date (see Academic Calendar).
- To register for a graded P/D/F UROP: Add the subject number (Course#).UR
- To register for a graded A/B/C/D/F UROP: Add the subject number (Course#).URG
- Graded credit is not available in Course 6 and Course 8 or to first-term freshmen.
- Check your status of registration on WebSIS to make sure you are correcctly registered for your UROP
- UROP applications cannot be processed by UROP staff, until both your UROP faculty supervisor and his/her department's UROP coordinator have approved your application either via the new online system or a hard-copy form that you print for signatures (from the online system) and submit to UROP in staff by the given deadline for the term.
- Provided that you have properly registered your UROP credit, your UROP faculty supervisor will be contacting for your grade at the end of the term. It is his/her responsibility to return your grade for reporting to the Registrar's office.
UROP for Pay
- DIRECT FUNDING (FUNDS FROM UROP): The UAAP will fund up to $1,360 (at $9.75/hour) for the fall and spring academic terms and up to $4,625 per summer (also paid at $9.75/hour). Applicants will be notified of funding status via email within 2-3 weeks following the deadline, provided all application materials are complete. Incomplete applications will delay the process. Be sure to review the Awards and Funds page before you apply to see if your project is appropriate for any of these funding sources.
- SUPERVISOR FUNDING: The minimum hourly rate is $9.75/hr. and you must enter a total stipend amount in the required line; this stipend is your overall expected earnings. You will be notified via email once your appplication is approved regarding the next steps you need to take to ensure that your UROP payroll is set up properly.
UROP as a Volunteer
- To participate in UROP as a volunteer, follow the guidelines described above and submit all required application materials to UROP no later than 5PM on the given deadline date.
- As with credit and volunteer UROPs, approval will not be issued until all required materials are complete.
