{"id":10657,"date":"2015-06-26T12:31:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/?page_id=10657"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:46:46","slug":"funding-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/get-involved\/funding-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding & Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stipend Funded Research<\/span><\/h2>\n

Students interested in a research project should contact the faculty member directly. Once you\u2019ve identified a project and agreed to work together, there are several ways to participate:<\/span><\/p>\n

UROP offers competitive research stipends during the academic year and summer. Students may also participate in research as volunteers, for academic credit, or through other paid funding opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Funding Eligibility<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • Any undergraduate student enrolled full-time at Boston University is eligible to apply for UROP funding.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • All projects must be conducted under the supervision of a BU faculty member.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • A student may not simultaneously receive academic credit and a UROP stipend award for their research.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Students on a leave of absence are not eligible to apply for funding.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Students graduating in May are not eligible for funding the summer after graduation.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • International students must be working in the US to receive stipend funding.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • A maximum of up to two students may be funded per faculty mentor per semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Students who have previously received UROP funding are welcome to apply, but students cannot receive funding more than twice. Students who have received funding 2 times cannot reapply.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Types of Funding<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Stipend Awards are paid directly to the student through SEO as taxable income.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Student Research Award (SRA):<\/strong><\/em> full amount provided by UROP<\/span>
    \nFall or Spring Semester: Up to $750 for 5 hours per week<\/span>
    \nSummer: $7,000 for 40 hours per week for a 10-week program.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Faculty Matching Grants (FMG):<\/strong><\/em> half provided by UROP, half by the faculty mentor<\/span>
    \nFall or Spring Semester: Up to $1,500 for 10 hours per week<\/span>
    \nSummer: $7,000 for 40 hours per week for a 10-week program.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Students may apply for different stipend amounts based on the approximate number of hours to be worked per week*:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Fall or Spring Semester:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • 5 hours = $750<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 8 hours = $1,200 (with FMG only)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 10 hours = $1,500 (with FMG only)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Summer (beginning 2026):<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      • 20 hours = $3,500<\/span><\/li>\n
      • 30 hours = $5,250<\/span><\/li>\n
      • 40 hours = $7,000<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        *Wh<\/em>ile the awa<\/em>rd is for the semester or summer, it is paid in weekly installments over a 10 week period (payments may be made over a shorter period in the fall semester).\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

        Notes on Stipend Working Hours Stipulations<\/span><\/h3>\n
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        • UROP stipend payments are paid as weekly salaried payments through Student Employment.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • \u00a0Students are not eligible to work more than 20 hours\/week during the academic year and 40 hours\/week during the summer across on-campus jobs.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Students cannot receive double payment for working the same job. For example, if you work 10 hours\/week during the academic year for a UROP stipend, you cannot be paid with work-study or departmental funds for the same 10 hours. However, if you work 10 hours\/week during the academic year for a UROP stipend and an additional 10 hours on another job or on the same research project, you may be eligible to receive payment from work-study funding or departmental for the additional hours worked under the hourly guidelines listed above.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • All non-UROP funding sources used to support your research project need to be discussed with your mentor.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Any summer-funded<\/strong> UROP students working another job on campus must report this in their award acceptance paperwork.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • If you are working as a Resident Assistant, you are not eligible for UROP funding.<\/li>\n
        • If you have questions about receiving UROP funding while working another job on campus, please contact the office to discuss this further.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Stipend Funded Research Students interested in a research project should contact the faculty member directly. Once you\u2019ve identified a project and agreed to work together, there are several ways to participate: UROP offers competitive research stipends during the academic year and summer. Students may also participate in research as volunteers, for academic credit, or through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3324,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10657"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20358,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10657\/revisions\/20358"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}