Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) – Due May 9!

SURF@Mines provides funding for current Mines undergraduates to participate in concentrated, full-time research on-campus.

Students can browse the SURF projects listed on the SURF website and contact faculty to learn more about the project.

Student application deadline: May 9th, 2022.

The award announcement will be made on May 16th, 2022.

-Students funded by the SURF program are required to conduct a total of 300 hours of research during the summer semester (May-Aug). For example, students can choose to conduct 30 hours of research for 10 weeks or 40 hours of research for 7.5 weeks.

-Research should be conducted during the summer 2022 semester.

-Each SURF student will receive an award of $4,000.

-SURF students are expected to attend the professional development seminars that take place during their proposed research timeline. These seminars are related to career preparation, writing scientific abstracts, and giving a scientific talk, etc.

-All SURF students will present their work at the end of the summer program and at the Mines Undergraduate Research symposium.