Opportunities for Undergraduate Research at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech has several nice options for undergraduate research that you can and should take advantage of:
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) - The provides a general support organization for research as well as numbers events
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing (UROC)
- Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) - team-based research projects with faculty advisors for 1-3 credit hours. These projects are persistent from semester to semester and are often used to fulfill student’s senior design credits.
How do I get funded to do research?
- President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA)
- Summer research programs or GTRI internships - UROP research ambassadors have a nice summer research information session each semester.
- Professors often have funded research they will advertise via UROP, UROC, or their website. In many cases they will require you to either 1) take 1 semester of research for credit or 2) take their class and do well in it.