UROP Student Researcher

University of St Thomas•Saint Paul, MN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is seeking applications for Spring 2027 research grants. Awarded students will undertake a semester-long project or collaboration focused on research, scholarly, or creative activity, guided by a St. Thomas faculty mentor. The program aims to support mentored research and provides grant funding for selected students. Applicants must submit a job application with a resume, a specific research application for the chosen grant, and have a faculty mentor submit a mentor form. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Selected awardees will undergo hiring and training in January, with research activities commencing in Spring 2027 and concluding with a final project and poster session in May 2027.

Requirements

Be enrolled as a degree-seeking associate’s or bachelor’s program student at the University of St. Thomas during spring 2027.
Be eligible for student employment and able to work ~10 paid hours per week on your research project during the semester of the award.
Sponsored by a current St. Thomas faculty member at the time of application.
You may not receive a UROP grant to support research for which you will receive course credit.
You must be sponsored and mentored by a faculty member at the University of St. Thomas.
You may apply for UROP grants more than once throughout your undergraduate career; however, you may submit only one application during each round of competition and may be awarded a maximum of two semester and two summer grants during your time at St. Thomas.
If you are not in compliance with this or any other Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (i.e., have not turned in a paper produced with the assistance of an earlier research grant as of the deadline or did not participate in a required Inquiry Poster Session), you are not eligible to receive funding under this program.
You may not submit a proposal that requires the use of animal subjects if your faculty member does not already have an active, approved IACUC protocol for the animals in question.
International students are eligible to apply.
To be eligible for student employment, St. Thomas students must be degree seeking at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.
Students must be actively enrolled at least part-time in courses for credit.

Nice To Haves

Applicants for Young Scholars, Sustainability Scholars, or Community-Based Research Grants must upload an unofficial transcript as a part of their research application.
If you are working with co-mentors, both should expect to submit this form. At least one must be a St. Thomas faculty member.
Community-Based Research Grants: your community partner should either submit an additional mentor form or provide a letter of support that you include as an appendix to your proposal.
Applications for Young Scholars Grants, Community-Based Research Grants, or Sustainability Scholars Grants that do not a) use the provided proposal template or b) satisfy the included word count limits will not be considered.

Responsibilities

Complete 100 hours of work on the proposed project/collaboration over the course of the semester, planned and scheduled in collaboration with your faculty mentor.
Complete all necessary HR paperwork to be hired and get paid as a student employee of the university.
Complete the Responsible Conduct in Research and Scholarship Training prior to beginning the research project.
Collaborative Inquiry awardees only: Complete and submit a Collaboration Agreement with your mentor prior to the start of the fall employment term.
Complete any required safety training relevant to your field of research within your first week of employment.
Complete an Institutional Review Board application, if working with human subjects; submit of an existing Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee protocol number, if working with animal subjects.
Complete a final paper/project and submit the paper to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program by the posted deadline (May 2027).
Participate in the Inquiry Poster Session in May 2027.
Complete a program exit survey which will be received after the poster session.