Timeline for 2024-2025 Round 1 (Aug/Sept)
For Research Mentors
- Monday, August 12 at 6:00am - First day to post projects
- Monday, September 2 at 11:59am - Last day to post projects
- Monday, September 9 at 9:00am - First day to accept applications
- Monday, September 30 at 5:00pm - Last day to accept applications
For Students
- Monday, September 2 at 12:00pm - First day to apply for projects
- Monday, September 9 at 8:00am - Last day to apply for projects
Recent Blog Posts
2024-2025 Updates to the Drupal framework (Muser) that runs PROPEL
The Muser Drupal development team has worked hard this summer on several new features that impact both mentors and students.
Project Auto-Recommendations
When students favorite a project during the application period of the round, five more active projects will be suggested in a pop-up at the bottom of the screen. These recommendations are based on the academic topic(s) of the original favorited project, and they will refresh every time the student favorites a new project.
Let students be curious!
Mentor Dr. Hailong Yang feels research is innate in humans. We are driven by curiosity to understand how and why things work from different perspectives regardless of background and disciplines. Dr. Yang wants to nurture this quality into the next generation of researchers at UMass and the PROPEL program allowed him to interact and work with students at a deeper level. Dr.