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2026-27 Academic Year Student Project Grants

2026-27 Academic Year Student Project Grants

These students were awarded UROP Student Project Grants to support their engagement with the research and creative life of the 91´«Ã½ campus next academic year.

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20

Assistantships

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50

Individual Grants

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$94,500

Funding

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23

Departments

ÌýÌý2026-27 Academic Year Assistantships

These grants provide $1,000 for students to partner with a faculty mentor to help on an existing project.

Curtis Anderson

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Griffin Wagner

Natan Anisimov

  • Mentor: John Anderson, Environmental Design

Alex Dickhans

  • Mentor: Alessandro Roncone, Computer Science

Row Dyer

  • Mentor: Jaroslav Tir, Political Science

Sabine Erikson

  • Mentor: Alison Hilger, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Andrew Fox

  • Mentor: Bor-Yuh Evan Chang, Computer Science

Charlie Ghrist

  • Mentor: Mirela Alistar, ATLAS Institute

Max Iranmanesh

  • Mentor: Peter Hunt, Classics

Mahi Kathait

  • Mentor: Debanjan Mukherjee, Mechanical Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Adiba Ashrafee

Robbie Mair

  • Mentor: Vignesh Kasinath, Biochemistry
  • Additional Supervisor: Mark Matyas

Jovanni Marquez

  • Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Aidan Olsson

  • Mentor: Melanie Peffer, Institute of Cognitive Sciences

Isabella Perrin

  • Mentor: Meaghan Courvan, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Eli Pinsky

  • Mentor: John Cumalat, Physics

Oscar Rosas

  • Mentor: Mark Rentschler, Mechanical Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Mitchell Murray

Jamie Sikorski

  • Mentor: Allison Hilger, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Payton Silver

  • Mentor: Jingshi Shen, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Josh Smith

  • Mentor: Wyatt Shields,Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Bianca Santana

Tyler Southworth

  • Mentor:ÌýAmy Palmer, Biochemistry; BioFrontiers Institute

Suryha Venkataramani

  • Mentor: Christopher DeSouza, Integrative Physiology

ÌýÌý2026-27 Academic Year Individual Grants

These grants provide $1,500 for students to take ownership of part or all of a project with an original proposal.

Charlotte Anderson

  • Mentor: Angie Crews, Center for National Security Initiatives

Lily Arndt

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Anna Poslednik

Tessa Awald

  • Mentor: Emily Schell, Psychology and Neuroscience

Ashton Barcelona

  • Mentor: Jennifer Hill, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Bio Frontiers Institute

Jay Booth

  • Mentor: Valentine Combaudon, Geological Sciences
  • Additional Supervisor: Alexis Templeton

Oliver Bunnell

  • Mentor: Niels Damrauer, Chemistry
  • Additional Supervisor: Jill Addington

Luis Carale

  • Mentor: Alexandra Whiteley, Biochemistry

Bela Chaudhuri

  • Mentor: Amy Palmer, Biochemistry; BioFrontiers Institute

Isa de la Huelga

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Dana Calhoun

Clara Denham

  • Mentor: Susan Massey, Environmental Design

Hayden Eason

  • Mentor: Amy Palmer, Biochemistry; BioFrontiers Institute

Amanda Frank

  • Mentor: Kyri Baker, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Anna Van Boven

Sam Garmany

  • Mentor: Caleb Vogt, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Zoe Donaldson

Nathan Geuzaine

  • Mentor: John Farnsworth, Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Jack Goldberg

  • Mentor: Stacey Smith, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kyla Grace

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Paige Mccreadie

Merrit Hale

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Anna Poslednik

Julian Hansell

  • Mentor: Robert MacCurdy, Mechanical Engineering

Elise Jensen

  • Mentor: Stacey Smith, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Ruby Jimenez

  • Mentor: Robert Wyrod, Women and Gender Studies; International Affairs

Caleb Law

  • Mentor: Meenakshi Pardasani, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Anna Lazewski

  • Mentor: Karen Bailey, Environmental Studies

Ofri Leshem

  • Mentor: Stacey Smith, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sonya Li

  • Mentor: Shelley Copley, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Daniel Hassell

Sophie Lorman

  • Mentor: Caleb Vogt, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Zoe Donaldson

Taylor Lozowick

  • Mentor: Kenneth Wright, Integrative Physiology

David Marquez

  • Mentor: Erin Manzitto-Tripp, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Museum of Natural History
  • Additional Supervisor: Jacob Watts

Jayden Miller

  • Mentor: Mikki McComb-Kobza, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

ShaeAnne Miner

  • Mentor: Amy Palmer, Biochemistry

Michael Muller

  • Mentor: Marielena Sosa, Psychology and Neuroscience

Colm Murphy

  • Mentor: Loren Hough, Physics

Katherine Murphy

  • Mentor: Alison Hatch, A&S Honors Program

Emmalyn Nono

  • Mentor: Anu Sharma, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
  • Additional Supervisor: Carly Schimmel

Nathalie Cristina Orozco-Fersiva

  • Mentor: Christopher DeSouza, Integrative Physiology

Samantha Patten

  • Mentor: Justin Brumbaugh, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Erin O'Connor

Ingrid Pehrson

  • Mentor: Zannah Matson, Environmental Design

Lucas Raulerson

  • Mentor: Lisa Corwin, Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyÌý

Mariah Rosensweig

  • Mentor: Lisa Corwin, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Manuela Mejia

Daniel Saeb

  • Mentor: Nicole Friend, Chemical and Biological Engineering; BioFrontiers Institute
  • Additional Supervisor: Kristi Anseth

Stephanie Schmitt

  • Mentor: Shawhin Roudbari, Environmental Design

Noah Schwartz

  • Mentor: Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Computer Science

Rob Silverman

  • Mentor: Shelley Copley, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Ashley Azadeh

Laila Smith

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Dana Calhoun

Maggie Smith

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Anna Poslednik

Bo Thorstenson

  • Mentor: Justin Brumbaugh, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Alex Unangst

  • Mentor: Maciej Walczak, Chemistry

Gabe Warkentin

  • Mentor: Markus Raschke, Physics

Kadyn Warner

  • Mentor: Case Lindberg, Environmental Design

Lance Yang

  • Mentor: Amy Palmer, Biochemistry; BioFrontiers Institute

Zayne Yeager

  • Mentor: Maciej Walczak, Chemistry
  • Additional Supervisor: Hanuman Singh
Details

UROP Student Project Grants support students as they engage with the academic and creative life the 91´«Ã½ campus. We offer two student grant types for projects based on the student's involvement in the project's development. Assistantships provide funding to students to partner with a faculty mentor to help on an existing project. Individual Project Grants allow students to take ownership of part or all of a project with an original proposal. Students must be degree-seeking undergraduates at 91´«Ã½ to apply for UROP Student Project Grants. All students must be supervised by an eligible mentor. Join the Application Alert List to be notified when UROP reopens for proposal submissions in the next review cycle.

ÌýÌýSpring 2026 Review Cycle

Student Grants

Award Rate: 36.27%

Average Proposal Scores
Awards:91.04%
No Offer:78.91%
Awarded Project Categories
Arts & Humanities9
Business0
Education0
Life/Bio-Sciences39
Math, Physical Sci. & Engineering11
Social & Behavioral Sci.11

Award Rate: 69.61%

Average Proposal Scores
Awards:85.04%
No Offer:82.71%
Awarded Project Categories
Arts & Humanities5
Business0
Education0
Life/Bio-Sciences42
Math, Physical Sci. & Engineering14
Social & Behavioral Sci.9

Faculty Grants

Award Rate: 70.37%

Average Proposal Scores
Awards:88.55%
No Offer:74.88%
Awarded Project Categories
Arts & Humanities5
Business0
Education0
Life/Bio-Sciences10
Math, Physical Sci. & Engineering3
Social & Behavioral Sci.1

Award Rate: 76.00%

Average Proposal Scores
Awards:90.20%
No Offer:74.54%
Awarded Project Categories
Arts & Humanities7
Business0
Education1
Life/Bio-Sciences5
Math, Physical Sci. & Engineering0
Social & Behavioral Sci.6

Review Board

  • Pei-San Tsai
  • Angela Thieman Dino
  • Wei Tan
  • Morow Tan
  • Jennifer Stratford
  • Stacey Smith
  • Natasha Shrikant
  • JulieMarie Shepherd Macklin
  • Emily Schell
  • Eleanor Salm
  • Becca Safran
  • Elena Sabinson
  • Juliana Ruef
  • Rachel Rowe
  • David Root
  • Julian Resasco
  • Lynneatte Quenin
  • Cheryl Pinzone
  • Anthony Pinter
  • Dang Pham
  • Amy Palmer
  • Renice Obure
  • Kristin Moore
  • Erika Mehrhoff
  • Stephen Majeski
  • Erik Knight
  • Ellen Keister
  • Brendan Kaiser
  • Eric Jones
  • Brooke Huibregtse
  • Eve-Lyn Hinckley
  • Linnea Helenius
  • Vikas Hanasoge Nataraja
  • Manuela Garay Sarmiento
  • Catherine Fontana
  • Kyle Fisch
  • Jay Ellis
  • Maxwell Elling
  • Kelsie Eichel
  • Lisa de Alwis
  • Sanna Darvish
  • Meaghan Courvan
  • Lisa Corwin
  • Joshua Correll
  • Garrett Bredeson
  • Teresa Bilinski
  • Atreyee Bhattacharya
  • Grace Bennett-Pierre
  • Courtney Bailey
  • William Anderson
  • Charlie Ambrose
  • Christina Alston
  • Mary Allen

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