Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Description

UROP connects BU undergraduate students with funded, faculty-mentored research projects in any academic area university-wide. Any full-time undergraduate student at BU is eligible to apply.

Learn More

Visit the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) website to learn more.

Testimonials

“I spent my UROP summer studying the relationship between stress and the epigenetic factors in the fruit fly immune system. This experience has allowed me to discover research in the academic context and discuss my future with my fellow lab members. I also became much better at explaining complex topics to people who aren’t as familiar with scientific language. I not only learned so many lab skills, but I also discovered career options I never thought about before.
-Olivia Gibson, CAS ’25, Biology

“Doing research has been the perfect supplement to my academic life. It’s given me a better idea of the kind of career I’d like to pursue in linguistics specifically, and the flexibility of the summer UROP sessions has helped me find a balance between pursuing linguistics and other interests of mine, like theatre. It’s also helped me find community within the linguistics department at BU, since I’d often interact with others working on similar projects. The relationships I built with other students and my mentor have been an incredible support system for both academic and personal endeavors, and UROP gave me the stability to continue strengthening those relationships over many years.”
–Leela Munsiff, CAS ’23, Linguistics