"It's almost self-thinking" in its ability to get around roadblocks, explains Emily Fitzgerald, who bestowed the 'bot with a brain as her summer project with Boston University's
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, which provides funding for faculty-mentored research by undergrad students.
In October 2000, the family, along with others, endowed the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, which provides ongoing funding for UNH's International Research Opportunities Program and
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Some of these additional programs are referenced in Figure 1 and include: (1) a student "idea" pitch completion; (2) an internal grant mechanism for faculty directed toward enhancement of commercial development (such as product prototyping or data validating product performance); and (3) existing undergraduate research programs such as the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Initiative (MURI) and the
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)).
The Loyola
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (LUROP) is a unique undergraduate research office, housed in Loyola University Chicago's Center for Experiential Learning.
Of course, some institution-wide programs have been created specifically to provide research opportunities to underrepresented students, e.g., the University of Michigan's
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the federally funded McNair Scholars program found on more than 100 campuses.