2025-2026 CU Boulder Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) grants

Assistantships - $2,000 each
- Amelia Gandhi, Geological Sciences (Mentor: CIRES Research Scientist Vera Schulte-Pelkum)
- Bri Inman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Eve-Lyn Hinckley)
- Sonya Li, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Shelley Copley)
- Sophia Roman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Eve-Lyn Hinckley)
- Rob Silverman, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Shelley Copley)
Individual Grants - $3,000 each
- Dharma Johnson, Chemistry (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Margaret Tolbert)
- Alena Switzky, Chemistry (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Joost de Gouw)

Assistantships - $1,000 each
- Sonya Li, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Shelley Copley)
- Rob Silverman, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Shelley Copley)
Individual Grants - $1,500 each
- Ashley Askins, Geological Sciences (Mentor: CIRES Fellow Anne Sheehan)

2025 Summer Faculty Grants - Team Grants - $4,000 each

Grace Bennett-Pierre (Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation)
- How do children learn about Earth science through interactive, spherical visualizations?
Anne Gold (CIRES Fellow, Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation)
1. Development and building of community exhibits around water topics in the Four Corners region
2. Enhancing community resilience through scenario-based role-play games
Eve-Lyn Hinckley (CIRES Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
1. Creating a statistical framework to identify and map spatiotemporal ecosystem control points across a heterogeneous alpine terrain in the Colorado Front Range
2. Evaluating mercury impacts on water quality from beaver activity in the Colorado Rocky Mountains