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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

College/School-wide Research Opportunities

President's Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA)

The Undergraduate Studies Office is competitively funding individual requests by a faculty/student team for funds to be used to support undergraduate student involvement in faculty research. The main thrusts of these awards will be for student salaries and travel expenses for undergraduates to attend professional meetings to give presentations. Students should contact individual faculty members for undergraduate research projects. Either faculty or students can initiate projects. A faculty/student team must apply by the deadline given below for the semester in which the funds are requested. The Undergraduate Studies Office, in conjunction with the College of the faculty member, will decide on the awards and notify applicants close to the beginning of each semester.

Students wishing to work in GTRI may also apply with a Research Scientist and must be U.S. citizens.

For Current Deadlines and Application forms, please visit http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/funding.php

The Minority Undergraduate Scholars Engineering Research Program (MUSERP) at Georgia Tech

The program is year round. High performing students are identified early on and encouraged to apply to the program. Selected students are assisted to find a faculty advisor who will agree to mentor them and who are committed to the vision and mission of the program. Students must present their work as technical papers in the Chapter's Annual Technical Paper Symposium. The students are groomed and encouraged to submit their papers to the NSBE national technical competitions. Students receive stipends for their research work and are provided expenses paid trips to the regional and national competitions. When fully developed and operational, some minimal budget for faculty mentors may be made available for materials and supplies. Successful attainment of the above mission will place the Georgia Tech Chapter in an anchored and enviable position as the leading Chapter in NSBE as well as continue to be the catalyst for other NSBE members to consider Georgia Tech as their #1 university of choice for graduate school. The director for the program is Dr. Augustine Esogbue.

URIP: Undergraduate Research Internship Program

A paid research internship, URIP supports outstanding rising juniors and seniors who plan to pursue doctoral work AND plan to apply for the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship and/or similar fellowships. Because of the focus of the program, students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents AND students must be conducting research in fields supported by the NSF graduate fellowship-for example: computing, engineering, math, natural sciences, social sciences, urban planning, history of science, archaeology, and others.

This competitive internship can be held for one or two semesters (choice of Summer , Fall, and/or Spring)-current pay equals $1000 per semester (Summer--$800). Students must find research mentors and apply by writing a short research proposal. Applications available annually mid-February. Due date for applications: late March. Approximately 20-30 students are supported per academic year.

In addition to their research work with faculty, under this internship program, students meet once a semester as a group to discuss their research. At these meetings, students also receive advice on how to put together competitive fellowship (and graduate school) applications.

Previous URIP students have won the Goldwater scholarship, the Astronaut scholarship, the NSF graduate fellowship, the National Defense Science and Engineering graduate fellowship, the Gates Cambridge scholarship, and the Marshall scholarship. This program is run by the Graduate Studies Office. Contact Dr. Amanda Gable for more information

FACES: Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science

African-American undergraduates, who are upperclassmen in the Colleges of Computing, Sciences and Engineering are solicited to apply to be a FACES Undergraduate Scholar. As a FACES scholar, the students perform research under the supervision of an academic faculty member. A nominal effort of 10 hours per week is expected for which the student will receive a stipend of $1000/semester. As part of the research experience, each participant will perform two seminars. Near the beginning of each semester, the student will outline the nature of his or her research project and the anticipated results. The second seminar, taking place at the end of the semester, will include the presentation of research results. The program offers talented undergraduate minority students the opportunity to become involved in research in the hope that they will be motivated to pursue graduate education. For additional information on FACES Scholars contact Dr. Reginald DesRoches, reginald.desroches@ce.gatech.edu

SURF

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program offers research for pay via a NSF sponsored research experiences for undergraduates program in the multi-disciplinary field of materials research. The program is for full time research from June 4to July 30, 2003, and provides total earnings of $5,000 for the eight week period; on-campus housing is available. Materials research is cross discplinary with faculty and students coming from the sciences and engineering. The broad focus for SURF 2003 is Structure-Property Correlation Across Micro-to-Nano Length Scales. See the list of faculty projects at the SURF website for a more complete description of individual research projects. During the course of the program, students will attend seminars on ethics, technical communications, graduate school preparation, and go on field trips, as well as interact socially with other undergraduate and graduate students. They will also make an end-of-the-project presentation at a special closing ceremony. This year's program includes some research projects in Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. The deadline for SURF applications is February 21. Contact Dr. Thadhani, 404-894-2651, or Dr. Gokhale, 404-894-2887 for more information.

SURE: The Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Program at GT

SURE is a ten-week summer research program for pay designed to attract qualified minority students into graduate school in the fields of engineering and science. Approximately thirty students of at least junior-level undergraduate standing are recruited on a nationwide basis and paired with both a faculty and a graduate student mentor to undertake research projects in the College of Engineering, College of Sciences, and the Packaging Research Center . The students are housed on campus, and in addition to a $500 travel allowance, are provided with a meal plan and a $4,000 stipend. Aside from their own research projects, the participants are provided with a series of seminars and field trips to expose them to the various topics of interest, both at Georgia Tech and in the Atlanta area.

Women, Science, and Technology

The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST Center) is an inter-college initiative sponsored by the office of the Provost. The WST Center links issues in the study of science and technology with those of gender, culture, and society. Growing out of the interdisciplinary Ivan Allen College undergraduate minor in Women, Science, and Technology, the Center brings together faculty and students, addressing issues of gender, science, and technology in research and programmatic initiatives. Each fall and spring WST offers undergraduate research opportunities in gender, science, and technology for part-time pay . WST Faculty Research areas are listed at http://www.wst.gatech.edu/area.html. Please contact WST Co-Directors Mary Frank Fox , 404-894-1818, or Carol Colatrella, 404-894-1241, or Mary Lynn Realff, 404-894-2496 for information.