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Scientific Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) and Undergraduate Protein Modeling of Scientific Topics (UPMoST)

The Scientific Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) focuses on supporting students that are underrepresented (see below) in the sciences and engineering. In this program, qualifying underclassmen will participate in several workshops during the spring semester that prepare them for research in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

After completing the spring workshop, students will participate in an eight-week summer research internship. During the internship, students will work with a faculty mentor in a STEM area, and interact with other SURE and STEM students. The staff of the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Ronald McNair program will provide personal and academic counseling.

Students that successfully complete the summer internship will participate in several workshops during the following fall semester that focus on writing and presenting research findings. The program culminates in the SURE Research Symposium, where students present their research findings to faculty, peers, family and friends.

The Undergraduate Protein Modeling of Scientific Topics (UPMoST) is designed as a multidisciplinary introduction to the process of biology through a protein modeling project. Qualifying underclassmen will participate in an UPMoST workshop through which they will be exposed to the “real world of science.” Through a modeling project, the students will increase their understanding of science by learning about basic protein structure, how protein structure relates to protein function and how protein function relates to disease.

In the spring semester, qualifying freshmen and sophomore students will participate in several workshops to learn how to model a protein structure. During the workshops, students will work with computer software to model proteins and visit the MSOE rapid prototyping facility. Students that successfully complete the workshop will participate in an independent research modeling project during the following fall semester where they will work closely with a UWM faculty member to model a protein of interest. Students will then have the opportunity to act as a mentor for future students participating in the next UPMoST workshop.

Qualifying students for both programs include African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

SURE students will be awarded $4000 over the course of the program. Below is a breakdown of the total stipend:

  • $500—Spring Semester of Freshman Year
    Students will participate in five workshops that focus on research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • $2800—Summer between Freshman and Sophomore Year
    Eight-week summer research experience with a faculty member at UWM through the Ronald McNair program
  • $700—Fall of Sophomore Year
    Five workshops on how to present your research effectively to others

UPMoST students will be awarded $1400 over the course of the program. Below is a breakdown of the total stipend:

  • $400—Spring Freshman Year
    Learn how to design and build protein models in the five-workshop program
  • $400—Fall Sophomore Year
    Learn about a research topic and build a protein with a faculty mentor at UWM

For UWM students, the application deadline for both programs has been extended to January 3, 2011. For WiscAMP alliance member students, application deadline is February 1, 2011. These dates supersede any earlier dates still on the applications. For more information and application forms, please visit https://www4.uwm.edu/our/news/upmost_sure.cfm, or contact Anita Manogaram, UROP STEM Coordinator, at (414)229-5344 or manogara@uwm.edu.

2011 SURE/UPMoST Application Form

2011 SURE Faculty Mentor Application

NSF STEM Classification of Instructional Programs

Listed below are the NSF CIP Code and major for STEM disciplines.

Agricultural Sciences
01.09 - Animal Sciences
01.10 - Food Science and Technology
01.12 - Soil Sciences
01.99 - Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, Other
03.0101 - Natural Resources/Conservation, General
03.02 - Natural Resources Management and Policy
03.03 - Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
03.05 - Forestry
03.06 - Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
03.99 - Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
Chemistry
40.05 - Chemistry
40.0507 - Polymer Chemistry
Computer Science
11.01 - Computer and Information Sciences, General
11.04 - Information Science/Studies
11.07 - Computer Science
52.1201 - Management Information Systems, General
52.1301 - Management Science, General
Engineering
14.02 - Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
14.03 - Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
14.05 - Biomedical/Medical Engineering
03.0509 - Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology
14.07 - Chemical Engineering
14.32 - Polymer/Plastics Engineering
04.02 - Architecture
14.04 - Architectural Engineering
14.08 - Civil Engineering
14.0803 - Structural Engineering
14.0805 - Water Resources Engineering
14.14 - Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
14.09 - Computer Engineering, General
14.10 - Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
14.12 - Engineering Physics
14.13 - Engineering Science
14.27 - Systems Engineering
30.06 - Systems Science and Theory
14.11 - Engineering Mechanics
14.19 Mechanical Engineering
14.06 - Ceramic Sciences and Engineering
14.18 - Materials Engineering
14.20 - Metallurgical Engineering
14.28 - Textile Sciences and Engineering
14.31 - Materials Science
40.9999 - Physical Sciences, Other
14.21 - Mining and Mineral Engineering
14.23 - Nuclear Engineering
14.25 - Petroleum Engineering
14.01 - Engineering, General
14.22 - Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
14.24 - Ocean Engineering
14.99 - Engineering, Other
Environmental Science
03.0103 - Environmental Studies
03.0104 - Environmental Science
Geosciences
40.06 - Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
40.0601 - Geology/Earth Science, General
Life/Biological Sciences
26.0403 - Anatomy
26.0202 - Biochemistry
26.01 - Biology, General
26.1101 - Biometry/ Biometrics
26.1102 - Biostatistics
26.1309 - Epidemiology
26.0203 - Biophysics
26.03 - Botany/Plant Biology
26.0305 - Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
26.0307 - Plant Physiology
26.04 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
26.0401 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
26.0204 - Molecular Biology
26.1301 - Ecology
26.0505 - Parasitology
26.0702 - Entomology
26.0804 - Animal Genetics
26.0805 - Plant Genetics
26.1303 - Evolutionary Biology
26.0806 - Human/Medical Genetics
26.05 - Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
26.0507 - Immunology
26.0504 - Virology
26.0503 - Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
19.05 - Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
30.1901 - Nutritional Sciences
26.0910 - Pathology/Experimental Pathology
26.1004 - Toxicology
26.1001 - Pharmacology
26.1004 - Toxicology
26.0707 - Animal Physiology
26.0901 - Physiology, General
26.09 - Series Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
26.07 - Zoology/Animal Biology
26.1201 - Biotechnology
26.99 - Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
30.01 - Biological and Physical Sciences
30.10 - Biopsychology
Mathematics
27.01 - Mathematics
27.03 - Applied Mathematics
14.3701 - Operations Research
27.99 - Mathematics and Statistics, Other
30.08 - Mathematics and Computer Science
27.05 - Statistics
52.1304 - Actuarial Science
Physics/Astronomy
40.02 - Astronomy and Astrophysics
40.08 - Physics
40.0807 - Optics/Optical Sciences
40.0809 - Acoustics.

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