Founded in 1992 by Dr. Gary May, a former Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Engineering, the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Sciences (S.U.R.E.) program is committed to increasing the number of qualified students who are traditionally under-represented in STEM fields. These include but are not limited to students from racial/ethnic minority groups, women, or first generation college students.
2023 Dates
October 10, 2022
Application Opens
February 15, 2023
Application Deadline
March 15, 2023
Decisions on or before
May 21 - July 28, 2023
Tentative 2023 Program Dates
Impact
Since that time, the SURE program has experienced some significant results.
According to the findings of the 2022 post-program surveys the participants observed significant gains in:
- Planning and preparing for graduate school (89%)
- Positively impacted my decision to attend graduate school in a STEM field at Georgia Tech (63%)
- Understanding what everyday research is like «
- Understanding the theory and concepts that guided their research «
- Confidence in their ability to do well in future technical/scientific courses «
- Identifying limitations of research methods and designs «
- Using problem solving skills in the research process «
Over 500 students have participated in SURE since its inception and:
- 75% of them ultimately attended graduate school, either for a master’s degree or a PhD.
- Half of those who attended graduate school did so at Georgia Tech
A few stats about the 2022 SURE cohort:
- 43 student researchers from across the country
- 160 applications
- $11,500 cost per student
- 46% women and 59% URM
- 31% First-Generation
- 3.6 average cum GPA
- 19 graduate student social mentors
- 49 graduate student research mentors
- 3 Graduate Coordinators/1 Program Assistant
- Five industry tours and three SURE sponsored social events
- One GRE Prep course
- Two NSF GRFP Prep courses
- Currently ~25 SURE alumni enrolled in graduate programs at GT