SROP Full Description
SROP is an exciting and challenging program designed to provide research opportunities to underrepresented minority students. This is a program to interest talented undergraduate minority students in academic careers and to enhance their preparation for graduate study through intensive research experiences with faculty mentors.
The program is in its fourteenth year of operation at The Pennsylvania State University. During Summer 2003, the program hosted over 20 undergraduate scholars from around the country. During their two month tenure, the students paired with faculty mentors in their chosen fields and conducted research for approximately 40 hours per week.
The goal of this program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who are interested in pursuing graduate degrees.
Eligibility Criteria
Underrepresented minority students, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other Latinos who are sophomores or juniors majoring in any field are eligible to apply. Participants are expected to devote full time to the program during the eight to ten-week summer session.
The objectives are:
To expose the participants to an environment to:
- conduct research and scientific inquiry
- meet with faculty mentors who are scholars and trained scientists
- experience situations that require team work
- learn tips on applying competitively to graduate school
Activities include:
Professional Development Seminars on:
Scientific Writing
Rules for Success
Conducting Scientific Research
Research Ethics
Research Presentation
GRE Preparation
Applying to Graduate School
Poster Session: The student poster session provides the students with the opportunity to explain their research in a concise manner.
Research Symposium: The symposium provides students with the opportunity to formally present their research to an audience of professors, university personnel, scholars, peers, and the community.
Student Application and Selection Process
Each student submits an application including the following information:
- Transcript
- Statement of purpose
- Two references
Students are selected by the college directors of minority programs and appropriate college faculty.
Participating Institutions
The fifteen CIC campuses hosting SROP students are listed below. Each institution will host student participants from its own campus together with students from other universities. Applicants may indicate which institutions they would prefer to attend on the application form. The list of participating instutions include:
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
- Indiana University
- Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis
- University of Iowa
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University
- University of Minnesota
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Application Information:
Use the following Web site: http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/SROP/applicationinformation.shtml
In addition, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences has its application.
Anne Price
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
302 E. John Street, #1705
Champaign, IL 61820-8146
Phone: 217-265-8005
Fax: 217-244-7127
E-mail: aeprice@uiuc.edu