Committee on Institutional Cooperation:
Summer Research Opportunities (SROP) 

Sponsoring Institution
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (Universities of Chicago, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin-Madison, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Pennsylavania State, and Purdue Universities.)

Application Deadline
February 14, 2003

Dates of Internship
An eight-to-ten week summer session

Stipend
At least $2500 for the summer, plus up to $1100 for room, board, and travel. See http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/SROP/archive/Report/ProgramData2004.pdf to see a breakdown of benefits for each seperate program.

Synopsis
The main focus of the program is an in-depth research experience through a one-on-one collaboration with a faculty mentor. All SROP students on the host campus meet weekly as a group for educational enrichment activities and special seminars. Participants from all fifteen campuses will come together in July at Indiana University for the annual SROP Conference. The conference program provides SROP students with the opportunity to discuss their projects with one another, hear talks given by former participants, meet CIC graduate students, and learn about graduate admission procedures and financial aid. SROP students are required to write a paper and an abstract describing their projects and to present the results of their work at a campus symposium. Students are matched with faculty mentors who are engaged in research in the students general area of interest. Students may participate in an on-going research project or develop one of their own in consultation with their faculty mentor. For complete information on this summer program, visit SROP's web site at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/SROP/ .

Contact
Monica Fortune, Program Coordinator
Graduate Multicultural Collaboration

mfortune@uiuc.edu

Address
Collaboration Committee on Institutional Cooperation
1819 South Neil Street, Suite D
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (800) 457-4420 or (217) 265-8106
Fax: (217) 244-7127

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