Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
REAP is an apprenticeship experience designed for highly motivated, first-year students. The REAP experience will provide a fast-track for talented students enabling them to explore topics of interest, to prepare for advanced work in their field, and to develop a close academic and professional relationship with a faculty member.
REAP is sponsored by the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research and the University Honors Program. Students must be nominated for REAP awards by instructors of their Honors courses.
Students spend 10 weeks during the summer working with a faculty mentor. They explore topics of interest, develop a foundation of knowledge in their field of study, and learn more about the approaches, theories, methodologies, and techniques employed by faculty in their own work.
Projects may include:
- Learning research techniques employed in the lab, in the field, and in libraries, museums, and archives
- Exploring and implementing techniques used in the creative disciplines (art, music, theatre, dance, creative writing)
- Learning how to design a research project and draft a research proposal
- Assisting the faculty mentor in any tasks directly related to his/her own research
- Bibliographic research and development
Students accepted into the REAP program are awarded a $3,500 fellowship for 10 weeks of full-time summer work, and up to $600 for expenses associated with the project. Faculty mentors receive a $600 stipend (toward salary or research expenses).
REAP applications must be submitted by April 1 for acceptance in the following summer's program.