Urbana-Champaign Summer Research Program

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summer Research Program

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers a summer research program that provides undergraduate students from populations underrepresented in graduate study at Illinois with an opportunity to explore careers in research. The program at Illinois provides each student with an experience that will help strengthen his or her knowledge, skills, and understanding of graduate school. The many activities offered through the Summer Research Opportunities Program will afford participants an opportunity to establish important relationships with faculty in their respective fields of study, conduct graduate-level research under the supervision of a University of Illinois renowned faculty member, become acquainted with the culture of graduate school, and to learn what is needed and expected of them as graduate students in their discipline at the University of Illinois. 

Each student who is selected to participate will receive a monetary award of $3000 and will be provided with room and board. Travel expenses for students who reside outside of the state of Illinois will be covered. All participants will receive health coverage through the student health insurance program upon completion of summer registration and throughout the summer session. The total monetary award of participating in the SROP program at the University of Illinois ranges between $6,000-$7,000 per awardee.

For more information, visit:

 http://grad.uiuc.edu/eep/srop/