The College of Engineering offers competitive Research Opportunities for Engineering Undergraduates (ROEU) awards to eligible students. The College's Research Advisory Committee will evaluate the applications and make award recommendations to the Dean. Up to 20 awards ($1,000/award) will be made for the academic year 2022 - 2023. 

Application

Undergraduate students can submit one application per academic year in the ROEU program. Faculty may supervise up to (2) Engineering ROEU students per academic year. Renewal proposal requests from 2022-23 ROEU awardees must be accompanied by a progress or final report on project accomplishments to-date, including a list of public presentations at College, University, and other professional research events.

Students will need their faculty advisor 's signature via the faculty advisor acknowledgement form prior to beginning the application as it will need to be uploaded.

Deadline

November 30^th, 2022 this academic year.

Application evaluation and scoring

Applications will be evaluated and scored by the College of Engineering's Research Advisory Committee. They will be scored according to the following rubric. 

• Personal statement - 30%
• Research problem statement - 10%
• Project description - 20%
• Description of student's responsibilities - 20%
• Faculty sponsor's responsibilities and mentoring plan - 10%
• Project timeline and project management timeline - 5%
• Listing of matching funds - 5%

Student eligibility requirements

• All applicants must be enrolled and in good academic standing (GPA ≥ 3.0) in a College of Engineering major.
• Undergraduate students must be enrolled full-time (≥ 12 credit hours/semester) during the academic year in which they receive the award funding.

Student/faculty matching

Students are encouraged to contact faculty members with ROEU projects or locate other research projects within their disciplines or related areas of interest.

Award and co-sponsorship

The full award will be applied to awardees' student accounts in the Fall Semester. The department or faculty mentor may co-sponsor the award with additional funding, but the maximum College funding will be up to $1,000 per awardee per academic year.

Report and presentation

ROEU awardees must submit a (2-5) page report (max) on or before 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 28, 2023 to their faculty mentor and to ad5365@wayne.edu outlining the project and progress made throughout the academic year. Additional materials, such as appendices, PowerPoint presentations, etc. are welcome but the submission should all be sent as a single PDF.