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URAP Faculty |
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The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) pairs faculty who need research assistance with undergraduates eager to engage in advanced research. For faculty who take on this serious mentoring role, small grants (up to $500 per academic year) are available to pay for expenses incurred in bringing the undergraduate into the project. Limited summer funds are also available. For more information see the Faculty Handbook, below.
• NEWS: URAP now operates through a personalized web-based "portal" that is created for each faculty member. Your portal will allow you to view applications, post notes for applicants and apprentices, and see if Learning Contracts have been filed. You may also renew or revise your project at the portal, and see if your grant has been transferred.
• ACADEMIC YEAR APPLICATION
On line applications for faculty are now open for Fall 2008-Spring 2009. Projects are accepted up until the administrative start of each term (Thursday, Aug 21, 2008; Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009), but you are urged to apply by the end of the previous exam period the for the best applicant pool. (That is, by May 22, or December 20, 2008) .Student applications open on the second day of the administrative term, and close early in the second week of classes (Sept 3, 2008; Jan 19, 2009)
Reminders are mailed to all active Academic Senate faculty at the beginning of each application period in November and April.
• PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS Click here for a look at current URAP faculty research projects for apprentices.
• FACULTY HANDBOOK The URAP Faculty Handbook offers an extensive description of the program, guidelines for success, and necessary forms.
• CALENDAR Important dates in the URAP cycle are noted in our Faculty Calendar: Spring 2008 (pdf) and Fall 2008(pdf).
• LEARNING CONTRACTS Each semester, the URAP faculty mentor and the undergraduate apprentice must sign a Learning Contract outlining roles and expectations--whether or not they enroll for units. Contracts are now completed on-line for new and continuing apprentices.
• SUMMER APPLICATIONS There are no new URAP projects listed in the summer, but there is usually funding available for continuing URAP faculty and apprentices. Faculty who participate in URAP during the fall AND spring semester may nominate a current apprentice to receive a SUMMER work stipend. Eligible faculty will be notified in mid-February about summer funding.
• MENTORING UNDERGRADUATES: (1) faculty share techniques, perspectives; (2) quick tips from successful projects.
• FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Terry Strathman |
For student information, go to the URAP
student home page |
