Application Process

Step 1

Prepare your proposal and submit your application, using the secure and accessible online forms linked on this site.

Step 2

Account Managers (named in the application) will be alerted to your submission and asked to verify speedtype (ST) information.

Step 3

UROP will follow-up with applicants and account managers as needed.  Check Faculty Grant Payment for details.

Step 4

Proposals are evaluated in a blind review process by members of the UROP Review Board after the application deadline.

Step 5

Decision notices are sent from urop@colorado.edu near the end of the spring term; UROP encourages you to add us as a "safe sender."

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Faculty Grants Guide

Call for Participants

Developed and hosted in Boulder since 2018, UROP's Sidewalk Symposium invites undergraduates to share their research and creative presentations with chalk on campus walkways. UROP welcomes undergraduates at any stage of their project to participate.

Register for UROP's Sidewalk Symposium by Oct.5, 2026

Celebrating 40 Years

CU Boulder has an expansive history engaging undergraduates in the research and creative life of the campus dating to the creation of UROP in 1986.

Celebrating 40 Years of Opportunities