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Research Experience Opportunity -- Fall 2023. (* Applications due in mid August *)

By Jessica

The School of Computer Science is running an Early Researcher Experience Program (EREP) that aims to provide an earlier exposure to research to students (e.g., in their first or second year), and to increase the number of women and gender-marginalized students who pursue research-focused graduate degrees in computing.  

The best way to think of the EREP program is as an enhanced URA program. Student participants will 

  • Work on a research project in a group of 2 or more students, with a graduate student mentor or faculty member. 
  • Attend an online research methods course. This course will be a weekly, 2-hour, virtual, synchronous meeting that will be interactive. Assessments will ask the students to practice research skills in the context of their research project.

The workload for the student will be 8-10 hours a week for 10 weeks (so the time commitment is higher than for a normal URA). You can either get course credit for their participation (CS 399 Readings in Computer Science, with the faculty mentor as the instructor) or be a paid a normal URA salary — the choice is up to you and the faculty mentor. The benefits of the EREP program are that you get a foundational introduction to the research process through the course content, as well as the research experience through the project; and that this research opportunity is available as early as in second year. 

In order to encourage more women students to participate, WICS will offer a WiCS URA Scholarship of $1000 (on top of the URA salary, if any) for CS* students who participate as a URA (rather than for course credit) and who self-identify as a woman, gender-fluid, non-binary, trans person, or other gender minority.

If you are interested in participating, please complete the application form.  We need this information to match you with a project/mentor and to consider you for a WICS URA scholarship.  Applications are due in mid August.

Note that research projects will be conducted in groups of two or more students, so consider reaching out to a friend to participate in the program with you.




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