Faculty project database

Faculty Project Database

• Faculty who have not previously posted a project in the database should contact Undergraduate Research to request access.
  • Include your NetID in your request (look it up here if you do not know it).
• To post a project, faculty must meet the criteria for eligibility to supervise undergraduates in research. Contact Undergraduate Research if you have questions.
• Projects posted in the database must provide students with meaningful faculty-mentored research experiences that provide a clear academic benefit to the student.
  • See the criteria for undergraduate research to ensure that your project meets the criteria before submitting it.
  • Faculty seeking hourly workers may do so through the Student Employment Office.
• Project drafts are approved by SURFD before they are posted.
  • Projects in the database are not necessarily eligible for SURFD programs.
  • Students may apply for SURFD funding for projects that are not listed in the database.
• Faculty are responsible for entering projects into the database and for deleting or inactivating them when they are no longer available for student researchers.

• New AY 26-27: Please describe, generally, the research underway in your laboratory. Avoid the use of technical terms, jargon or acronyms without explanations.
• You may include examples of the types of projects that a student may undertake within your lab. That should be decided if/when you are matched.
• You may list the qualifications required (i.e., a basic understanding of SQL, entry-level calculus) but please keep in mind that these are first-year students who may or may not have lab experience.
• Avoid references to specific programs (e.g. Presidential Scholars, URAD).
• If you have a specific period of availability for interviewing students and/or a scheduling app, please feel free to list it in the project description.

• Click "New Project Draft."
• Enter project information in the fields provided (please remember to add the physical space where the student will work).
• Click "Create" at the bottom of the page.
• A draft of your project will appear. At this point, the draft of the project is saved, but is unpublished. You may stop editing and exit the system, and the draft will remain for you to re-access and edit again later. 
• Click "edit" to continue editing the project information.
• Click "Submit for Review" to submit the project. (Once a project is submitted for review, it cannot be accessed or edited until it has been reviewed by the ERAS program administrator).
• You will be notified when we have reviewed and either published or returned your project.

• Click on the "Inactive" link under "Live Status."
• Click "Create Draft" in the top left corner.
• Make edits, if needed.
• Click "Create" in the top right corner.
• Click "Submit for Review" in the "Project Information" section.

• Click on the "Active" link under "Live Status."
• Click "Make Inactive" to inactivate the project. It will not be viewable online, but it will still be saved and accessible to you in the system.
• Click "Create Draft" to edit the project listing. The previous version of the project will remain viewable until the edited draft has been published. If you do NOT want the previous version viewable while you edit the project, you should first Inactivate the project, then make edits.
• Edit the draft as needed.
• Click "Update Project" to view the edited draft.
• Click "Submit for Review" to submit the project.