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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)
- Axline Scholars
- Amgen Scholars
- HHMI Abroad
- HHMI EXROP
- Caltech-NUS Exchange
- Caltech-HKU Exchange
- Caltech-IIT Kanpur 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 (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
- At the conclusion of the programs, students give oral presentations and submit technical papers
- Students may attend seminars, workshops, and social activities
coordinated by SFP and/or JPL.
- Students may live in campus housing
SFP provides the following administrative functions:
- Processing of applications and reviews for programs directly
coordinated by SFP
- Processing 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
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