Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) will take place in the summer of 2025. UROP is a program designed to cultivate and support research partnerships between University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign undergraduates and faculty members. All projects focus on NASA-related science and/or engineering research. We want to invite highly motivated undergraduates to apply to participate in UROP.

We envision this program to involve about 15 University of Illinois undergraduate students who will:

• Contribute actively to an intensive research project for 10 weeks (~40 hours per week);
• Participate in the weekly seminar series (presentations on research ethics, technical writing, and preparing presentations) organized by the Summer REU committee throughout this summer;
• Present your research and fully participate in a one-day symposium



We believe this program provides a unique opportunity for students to become involved in NASA-related STEM research activities.

The selected students will participate in research activities for 10 weeks between May 19 and August 1, 2025, under the supervision of a faculty member and their graduate student(s). Your faculty mentor sets the start and end dates, but we expect you to commit to 10 weeks of intensive research. The program is supported by the NASA Space Grant and faculty contributions. Students will each receive a total maximum of $7,000 in support. Students are expected to participate in the program approximately 40 hours per week.

All selected students will be required to participate in the ILSGC longitudinal tracking for NASA, our sponsor.