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Statement
The Student-Faculty Programs Office (SFP) coordinates an array of programs
to provide outstanding undergraduate research opportunities to students while
also providing them with complementary support activities to enhance their
summer experiences.
SFP directly coordinates the following programs:
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
- MURF Undergraduate Research Fellowships (MURF)
- Amgen Scholars
- Axline Scholars
- HHMI Abroad
- HHMI EXROP
- Caltech-NUS Exchange
- Caltech-HKU Exchange
SFP also partners with the following allied programs to provide administrative
support to the program managers and to bring the students in these programs
into a unified community of scholars.
- Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
- Caltech-Cambridge Exchange Program (CamSURF)
- NASA Space Grant
- NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP)
- NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Research Program (PGGURP)
Students in all programs are afforded the same opportunities and have the
same responsibilities.
- Students submit either a research proposal or a project plan written in
collaboration with the mentor
- Programs are of 10-week duration
- Students receive $600/week for the ten-week program
- At the conclusion of the programs, students give oral presentations and
submit technical papers
- Students may attend seminars, workshops, and social activities coordinated
by the SFP
- Students may live in campus housing
The SFP provides the following administrative functions:
- Processing of applications and reviews for programs directly coordinated
by SFP
- Processing compensation payments for students receiving funds through Caltech
- Receipt and processing of progress reports, abstracts, and final reports
- Coordination of oral presentations during several day or half-day symposia
- Summer programming including arrangement of research seminars on campus
and at JPL, Whitney Workshops on professional development, field trips, and
social events
Coordination with campus organizations, including Security, Safety, Housing,
Alumni Association, and Human Resources
