Undergraduate Research Assistance Program

Undergraduate Research Assistants Program (URAP)

URAP is a program unique to Roanoke College. Eight new freshman students are identified each year and are invited to join the program. They work as research assistants with a member of the Roanoke College faculty on an original research project of interest to both the URAP scholar and to the faculty mentor.

They are awarded a stipend of $2,000 per year, renewable for up to three additional years. In addition to the stipend the URAP scholar becomes a member of a research team working on a project which generally will lead to publication in a professional journal and/or presentation at a professional conference.

Example of a Public Affairs URAP Student Project:

Rules and Norms for Hiring Law Clerks
Beth See '09 | Dr. Todd Peppers
How do Supreme Court justices and lower court justices go about selecting their law clerks? Are there rules to be followed? Are there agreed-upon usual practices? In this project the research assistant will work with written materials and perhaps personal interviews to help answer these questions. Learn more about this project.