URA Application Deadline Extended!

Fri, 02 May 2025 12:51:13 -0400

The deadline to apply to the Undergraduate Research Awards (URA) has been extended until NEXT Friday, May 9, 2025!

Students must submit a research or artistic proposal, along with a UMBC mentor support statement.

URAs provide up to $1500 in funding to undergraduate students to support their research, scholarship, or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work.

Entrepreneurship URAs provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate researchers to support the commercialization of their ideas to solve a technical or social problem. These solutions can be new or improved products or services, address a social or “green” concern or promote ideas that generate artistic value. Students will collaborate with either a faculty member or a business mentor identified or approved by the Alex. Brown Center as they conduct their research. To be eligible for an ENTR URA students must be enrolled as a UMBC student for the duration of the work proposed. Preference will be given to students enrolled in the ENTR Minor who are serious about launching a business around their idea in the near future.

APPLY ONLINE TODAY!