Institutional partners are universities that are committed to scaling undergraduate research.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for the spring term.
Resources
Learn more about the UR2PhD program and our institutional partnership opportunities
- Information for potential institutional partners
- Institutional partner guide (coming soon!)
Can’t commit to an institutional partnership? That’s okay! You can still participate as a faculty mentor to a group of students.
Looking for resources you can borrow to share information with faculty and students? Here, you can find shareable slides to add to lecture materials, social media posts, and printable flyers.
Graduate Student Mentor Training Course
Undergraduate Research Training Course
Technical Conference Travel Funding
Students who successfully complete the UR2PhD undergraduate research training course and/or the graduate student mentor training course are encouraged to present their work locally, regionally, and nationally. To encourage students to continue with research activities, we have funding available to support undergraduate and graduate mentors who plan to present their work at a technical conference. Students can apply for funding via this link: https://cra.jotform.com/243115304588859
REU Funding
Students who successfully complete the UR2PhD course are encouraged to continue with their research activities. To help facilitate this, UR2PhD has a limited pool of funds allocated to support REUs.
- To learn more about student REU funding, please refer to: https://cra.org/ur2phd/for-undergraduate-students/funding/
- To learn more about mentor REU funding, please refer to: https://cra.org/ur2phd/for-faculty-mentors/funding/
Applying for NSF Supplemental REU Funding
- Workshop Recording (Overview of UR2PhD & Information About Supplemental Funding)
- Presentation Slides
- Information about Applying for NSF Supplemental Funding
- Template for Applying for Funding
Additional Resources
- Exploring and Entering Computing Research Pathways – information videos for students to learn more about how and why they can get involved in research.
- Student Pathways into Research in Computing – website that provides guidance to students and mentors about navigating computing research. The site offers responses to frequently asked questions, links to resources, and examples of student testimonials.
UR2PhD: Undergraduate Research Methods Course by Computing Research Association’s UR2PhD Program. This work, “UR2PhD Undergraduate Research Methods Course”, is adapted from “Early Research Scholars Program” by Christine Alvarado, UC San Diego, used under CC BY 4.0. “UR2PhD Undergraduate Research Scholars” is licensed under CC BY 4.0 by the Computing Research Association’s UR2PhD Program and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
UR2PhD: Graduate Student Mentor Training Course by Computing Research Association’s UR2PhD Program is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
