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2026 Summer Student Project Grants

2026 Summer Student Project Grants

These students were awarded UROP Student Project Grants to support their engagement with the research and creative life of the CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß campus this summer.

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22

Assistantships

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48

Individual Grants

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$188,000

Funding

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24

Departments

ÌýÌý2026 Summer Assistantships

These grants provide $2,000 for to students to partner with a faculty mentor to help on an existing project.

Rafal Algahtani

  • Mentor: Amanda Carrico, Environmental Studies

Francesca Berk

  • Mentor: Katharine Suding, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Advyth Ramachandran

Will Burczyk

  • Mentor: Vignesh Kasinath, Biochemistry
  • Additional Supervisor: Keagan Hesse

Sawyer Fewell

  • Mentor: Nancy Emery, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Katie Bardsley

Hailey Geva

  • Mentor: Vignesh Kasinath, Biochemistry
  • Additional Supervisor: Jessica Song

Zexiang Guan

  • Mentor: Amy Palmer, Biochemistry

Saanvi Gudreddi

  • Mentor: Susanna Molas, Psychology and Neuroscience

Christi Jo Hahn

  • Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Taylor Johnson

Ava Hickey

  • Mentor: Joseph Falke, Biochemistry

Ellery Hora

  • Mentor: Eve-Lyn Hinckley, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Asher Marvy

Razan Ibrahiem

  • Mentor: Zoe Donaldson, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Michael Kelberman

Noah Isakson

  • Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Carter Wilson

Seneca Joslyn

  • Mentor: Amy Palmer, Biochemistry

Jack Lawrence

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

Alice Ly

  • Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Summer-Solstice Thomas

Paul Masters

  • Mentor: Christy McCain, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Nadia Alhassani

Daphne Parker

  • Mentor: Madeline Stanger, Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Additional Supervisor: Angela Bryan

Kiera Simmons

  • Mentor: Eve-Lyn Hinckley, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Zachary Schwartz

Josiah Slater

  • Mentor: Nicholas Campbell, Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Carter Telep

  • Mentor: Stephanie Bryant, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Yashveer Soni

Anika Voskuil

  • Mentor: Corrie Detweiler, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Lexi Carey

Ben Weiss

  • Mentor: Roselinde Kaiser, Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Additional Supervisor: Alicia Sepulveda

ÌýÌý2026 Summer Individual Grants

These grants provide $3,000 for students to take ownership of part or all of a project with an original proposal.

Meriahna Adams

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

Benjy Albuisson

  • Mentor: Benjamin Hernstrom, Cinema Studies

Tom Alexander

  • Mentor: Dang Pham, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Adilana Anderson

  • Mentor: Kira Hall, Linguistics

Rose Atwood

  • Mentor: Rosie Cowell, Institute of Cognitive Sciences
  • Additional Supervisor: Katherine Walsh

Andy Better

  • Mentor: Ryan St. Laurent, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Museum of Natural History
  • Additional Supervisor: Samuel Ramsey

Brevan Bunch

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

Isabella Demartin

  • Mentor: Elena Sabinson, Environmental Design

Tia Egan

  • Mentor: Mitzi Lee, Philosophy

Maia Fell

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

Ben Forman

  • Mentor: Michael Burns, Communication

Kody Fung

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

Zach Gillings

  • Mentor: Michael Gil, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Joshua Manning

Charlie Hatch

  • Mentor: Jingchun Li, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Cate Hensley

  • Mentor: Marissa Ehringer, Integrative Physiology
  • Additional Supervisor: Myra Bower

Riya Kakkar

  • Mentor: Erik Knight, Psychology and Neuroscience

Vivaan Kalura

  • Mentor: Kira Hall, Linguistics

Zayaan Khan

  • Mentor: Zoe Donaldson, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Additional Supervisor: Will Sheeran

Caroline Lester

  • Mentor: Luke Evans, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Institute for Behavioral Genetics

Jude Lineer

  • Mentor: Melissa Davis, Mechanical Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Sarah Calve

Jake Litov

  • Mentor: Jingchun Li, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Museum of Natural History
  • Additional Supervisor: Andy Tan

Annalise Lockhart

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

Dane Macdonald

  • Mentor: Amy Palmer, Biochemistry; BioFrontiers Institute

Anna Mahlin

  • Mentor: Alvin Gregorio, Art and Art History

Noah Mendez

  • Mentor: Noah Fierer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
  • Additional Supervisor: Andrew Blakney

Savannah Mommens

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

Percy Nizamova

  • Mentor: Eric Zimmerman, Physics
  • Additional Supervisor: Lu Ren

Arin Oberley

  • Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Ella Henry

Molly Pullen

  • Mentor: Corrie Detweiler, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Shruthi Rajesh

  • Mentor: Wyatt Shields, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Collin Kemper

Sofia Reyes

  • Mentor: Lee Frankel-Goldwater, Environmental Studies

Landry Saul

  • Mentor: Kira Hall, Linguistics

Emma Scifres

  • Mentor: Deborah Whitehead, Religious Studies

Shivani Selvan

  • Mentor: Kelsie Eichel, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Jackie Griswold

Amaya Sonoda

  • Mentor: Erik Knight, Psychology and Neuroscience

Jenna Stapp

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

Matthew Stelzner

  • Mentor: Wyatt Shields, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Additional Supervisor: Matthew Kwan

Ronan Stone

  • Mentor: Jade Polizzi, Environmental Design

Brandon Stup

  • Mentor: Christy McCain, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Museum of Natural History

Aspasia Vazquez

  • Mentor: Alta Howells, Geological Sciences

Sofiya Velychko

  • Mentor: Amanda Carrico, Environmental Studies

Maggie Watson

  • Mentor: Kate Fischer, A&S Honors Program

Silas Wills

  • Mentor: Kelsie Eichel, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Additional Supervisor: Mitchell Leih

Mengze Wu

  • Mentor: Matthew Rossman, Integrative Physiology
  • Additional Supervisor: Sanna Darvish

Ìý Ìý Note: Some students aren't listed because they opted out of the Publicity Release.

Details

UROP Student Project Grants support students as they engage with the academic and creative life the CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß 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 CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß 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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