<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all, the UROP office has asked that the following information be distributed to faculty and students.<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class="">Janice<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Michael Bergren <<a href="mailto:mberg@mit.edu" class="">mberg@mit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Summer Research Opportunities: We Need Your Help</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">April 17, 2020 at 1:59:15 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><center style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; 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min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-769773d0-7fff-1631-af4c-0e22b513f4c2" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Many of you know that this year is UROP’s 50th anniversary, and as faculty mentors you contribute to the program’s enduring success and extraordinary impact. In this unprecedented moment,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">we need your help</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to ensure that our students have access to robust summer research experiences.<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">UROP’s direct funding application for summer opened Thursday, April 16</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(<a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=7caef560d3&e=65bec7d95e" style="color: rgb(41, 83, 221); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">deadline is Thursday, May 7</a>), and we’re bracing for record student demand for UROPs given the cancellation of many summer opportunities (e.g., MISTI, industry internships) due to COVID-19. We’re working to respond to current conditions and projected demand by:</span></p><ul dir="ltr" class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Providing meaningful summer opportunities to as many students as possible;</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Maximizing earning opportunities for students with financial need; and</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Thinking creatively about how to stretch our limited resources.</span></li></ul><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">We can’t achieve these goals without you, and you can help in a number of ways.<br class=""><br class="">We need faculty and DLCs to continue<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">designing great research experiences</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for our students. While there’s been no official decision about summer campus access yet, projects will need to be remote-friendly for at least part and possibly all of the summer, and we’re developing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=9af23cdff6&e=65bec7d95e" style="color: rgb(41, 83, 221); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">new resources to help support virtualization</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as we speak. (On a related note, if you have a spring remote UROP experience---success story or lesson learned-- that you’d like to share, please let us know.)<br class=""><br class="">We’re asking departments and faculty to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">step up outreach or advertising</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for UROP---we really want to make it easy for students to find and approach you, even though we’re not all on campus together. Please promote opportunities widely---<a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=0790863773&e=65bec7d95e" style="color: rgb(41, 83, 221); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">on the UROP website</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and through your DLC channels.<br class=""><br class="">We’re hoping that you can help us increase the number of UROP positions with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">contributions from your departmental or discretionary funds</strong>. We know that budgets are constrained, but investing in UROP students yields an excellent return, both in terms of the educational benefit and our ability to financially support our students.<br class=""><br class="">Finally, this summer we will<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">offer UROPs for credit at no-cost to students</strong>. The credit option (and one-time-only tuition waiver) will allow us to preserve and prioritize funding for students with financial need, relieve some of the financial pressure on UROP funding (direct and departmental), and allow MIT to support substantially more students overall. Please let your students know that this is an option, and encourage them to consider it if it’s financially feasible for them.<br class=""><br class="">If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.<br class=""><br class="">Thank you for all that you do for our students.<br class=""><br class="">Sincerely,<br class=""><br class="">Michael Bergren<br class="">Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research<br class=""><a href="mailto:mberg@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(41, 83, 221); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mberg@mit.edu</a> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)<br class="">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br class="">77 Massachusetts Avenue,<br class="">Room 7-104<br class="">Cambridge, MA 02139<br class="">Tel: (617) 253-7306<br class="">Email: <a href="mailto:urop@mit.edu" style="color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">urop@mit.edu</a></span></p><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Want to change how you receive these emails?<br class="">You can<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/profile?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=8b4751a84e&e=65bec7d95e" style="color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">update your preferences</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=8b4751a84e&e=65bec7d95e&c=9b17cfaaeb" style="color: rgb(101, 101, 101); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">unsubscribe from this list</a>.</span><br class=""> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center><img src="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=9b17cfaaeb&e=65bec7d95e" height="1" width="1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>