UROP supervisor form

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is a paid employment scheme designed to give undergraduate students an early opportunity to experience real life in a research laboratory.

Please note, UROP students are employed and paid by their host organisation. Their contract and payment will be managed through the host organisation’s Human Resources unit.

To be involved in the recruitment, supervisors will be asked to attend at least one interview panel to assess shortlisted candidates

Lead supervisor

Name *

Position *

For example lab head, postdoc etc

Organisation *

Department *

Address *

Email *

Telephone number *

Associate supervisor

Associate supervisor name

Associate supervisor position

Associate supervisor email

HR contact for contract

HR contact name *

HR contact email *

HR contact phone

Project detail

Project title *

Project overview *

Brief background, methods employed and aims of project. Limit 500 characters.

General research project areas *

Biomedical (your project is wet lab based)

Computational (your project doesn’t include any wet lab work)

Mixed (your project includes both wet and dry lab work)

Techniques to be employed

Ideal major *

(please be as specific as possible. Examples: “Maths and Stats major”, “Biochemistry major”, “Bioinformatics major”, “Neuroscience major”, etc. Avoid general terms like “Science” or “Biomedicine”).

Other prerequisites or requirements

Expected duration of project *

six months (vacation semester)

12 months (vacation semester vacation semester)

Number of students required *

One student

Two students

Preferred starting time for project *

Student employment *

I understand that UROP students are employed and paid by their host organisation. Their contract and payment will be managed by the host organisation’s Human Resources unit

I have received all necessary approvals to employ a UROP student in my lab

How did you hear about UROP?

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Privacy Statement - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

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I have read CSIRO's Privacy Policy

CSIRO is bound by the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act), including the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). The APPs govern the way the CSIRO handles personal information. This includes how we collect, store, use, disclose, quality assure and secure personal information.

CSIRO is collecting your personal information, including your name and personal contact details. CSIRO collects this information for the purposes of administering and facilitating your participation in UROP, including monitoring and evaluating the program and training and development.

In the event that CSIRO transferred UROP to a third party, your information may be disclosed to such third party, including your host research organisations and UROP participants for the purposes outlined above.

The CSIRO Privacy Policy available at https://www.csiro.au/en/About/Access-to-information/Privacy outlines how your personal information will be handled, including details about how you can seek access or correction of the personal information we hold about you and how you can complain about a breach of the APPs and how CSIRO will deal with the complaint. If you require further information on how your personal information will be handled, please contact privacy@csiro.au.

Please read our full Privacy Policy.

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