Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP)

***IMPORTANT: Students can learn about eligibility and apply for URAP positions here. Please note that the deadline for all URAP applications has been extended to Monday, April 29, 2013.***

The college is once again pleased to invite students and faculty to participate in a college-wide Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) for the Fall 2013 and/or Spring 2014 semesters. 

Through this program, faculty engage undergraduates in their research through one-to-one mentorships that stimulate student interest in pursuing graduate education.

The college and university have a strong interest in engaged learning activities. Undergraduate participation in research is one of the central elements of engaged learning. This program is designed to encourage a broader involvement of students and faculty not only within a given major, but also, where appropriate, to encourage and support mentorships that involve faculty members with qualified, highly motivated students outside the major.

The goals of this program are:

• to create and expand opportunities for undergraduates and faculty to work as collaborators in the search for knowledge; to involve students in the creation of that knowledge; and to celebrate the accomplishment of undergraduate researchers.
• to create a better understanding of what faculty do and why they do it.
• to foster critical thinking and active learning through the greatest resource of this university:
  the programs of scholarly endeavor that come from research-active faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
• to further demonstrate and reinforce the synergistic relationship between teaching and scholarship.

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