UROP

Corporate Sponsorships

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program is excited to launch a new corporate sponsorship program. Meant to bring together members of the local community with undergraduate researchers, UROP hopes the program will spur collaboration and create new opportunities for both industry members and Boston University students.

Sponsorships provide two types of awards:

Student Research Awards
Provide direct support to students in the form of stipends. Students can earn up to $2000 during the academic year, and $4000 during the summer.

Funded Research Opportunity Grants
Provide funds for the purchase of project supplies (e.g. enzymes, pipette tips, prints from microfilm).

Sponsorships are generally made for the duration of a semester, but can be sustained for a longer period of time. Corporations that are interested in supporting undergraduate researchers should contact the UROP office through urop@bu.edu or by calling 617-353-2020.

Thank you to our current Corporate Sponsors!

New England Biolabs

Recipient: Aileen Leung, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2009
Project: Analysis of Mid-oogenesis Cell Death Effectors in Drosophila Melanogaster
Mentor: Professor Kim McCall, Biology

Merck Research Laboratories

Recipient: Melinda Foulk, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2009
Project: Chemical Synthesis of Natural Products
Mentor: Professor James Panek, Chemistry

EISAI Research Institute

Recipient: Brendan Horton, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2009
Project: Development of a Model system for the Study of B-cell Lymphoma
Mentor: Professor Tom Gilmore, Biology

Novartis

Recipient: Denise Grunenfelder, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2010
Project: Studies Toward the Copper-Mediated Asymmetrical Synthesis of Usnic Acid
Mentor: Professor John Porco, Chemistry

ArtusLabs

Recipient: Edward Fleming, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2009
Project: Computational Approaches to Analyzing Chemical Structures
Mentor: Professor Scott Schaus, Chemistry