Vertically Integrated Projects
UofM Vertically Integrated Projects Program
Join a VIP team and earn academic credits while getting the opportunity to engage in ambitious, long-term, large-scale multidisciplinary project teams that are led by UofM faculty.
Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program under Award No. 2120819. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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The “UofM-VIP Program” project adapts, implements, researches, and evaluates the Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) model, a transformative approach to enhancing higher education be engaging undergraduate and graduate students in ambitious, long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty, at the UofM. VIP has been implemented for over 25 years and has been adopted by more than 40 universities of different size and diversity in the USA and abroad.
What is VIP?
The VIP model, based on active learning, allows students to engage in research while earning credit towards their degrees and enables tiered mentoring from students at all academic years, thereby providing the opportunity of role modeling from upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty.
This course is intended for freshmen in the Honors program; students are expected to maintain involvement with the same project team for multiple terms. This course satisfies the Honors Forum UNHP 1100.
This course is intended for introductory team members; students are expected to maintain involvement with the same project team for multiple terms.
This course is intended for intermediate team members or students who have working knowledge of the project topic.
This course is intended for advanced team members with two or more semesters of experience on the same project.
The UofM-VIP program will generate new knowledge in STEM education by investigating a variety of mechanisms for supporting a diverse set of students in their development of a STEM identity.
Building Research Skills and Workforce Readiness Through VIP Program at the University of Memphis
NSF-supported initiative demonstrates impact of multi-year, faculty-led research experiences on student development and success
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