Summer Introduction to Undergraduate Research Program (SIURP) - Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

The Summer Introduction to Undergraduate Research Program (SIURP) for Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) students at CSUMB and UCSC was a summer residential program that exposed Latinx and other underrepresented students to undergraduate research, graduate school pathways, and careers in academia. 

UCSC and CSUMB students, as well as select incoming transfer students, who participated in SIURP immersed themselves in a 2-week series of presentations and activities led by a UCSC graduate students who served as group mentors, and were provided with UCSC on-campus housing and meals for the entire two weeks, all at no cost. See prior mentor bios and project descriptions here.

The SIURP program ran from Summer 2020 - Summer 2024 and 69 students were served during that time period. Currently, the program is not active.  

Participant Learning Outcomes

1. Describe and practice the components of research or creative activity.
2. Identify the benefits of participating in undergraduate research for themselves and for the advancement of knowledge.
3. Prepare and practice strategies for communicating confidently and constructively with faculty 
4. Develop their identity as scholars and researchers from Latinx backgrounds and other underrepresented groups.
5. Recognize the graduate school pathway and careers in academia as possible components within their overall goals.

Program Outcomes

In addition, the SIURP provided an experience through which student participants would:

1. Be in community with other motivated scholars, graduate student mentors, faculty, and staff who support each other on the path to undergraduate research and graduate school. 
2. Create plans for the next steps to take in commencing undergraduate research participation at their home institution during the academic year.
3. Take the initial steps outlined in their plans.