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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.