302-831-4997 chengmo@udel.edu

Faculty Involvement

Why Faculty
Establish VIP Teams

VIP at UD
Access to Different Majors
Student Talent & Leadership
Expand Scholarship & Exploration
VIP at UD

Faculty Benefit by Involvement

Expand Faculty Scholarship & Exploration

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Low Risk Setting: Develop Ideas & Concepts for Proposals

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Education/Broader Impacts for Proposals

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Attract/Recruit Grad Students

Expand Your Scholarship and Exploration Activity

  • Get scale and continuity to expand research scope
  • Build testbeds; get real users; test for commercialization
  • Include all needed disciplines in your projects

Recruit Outstanding Graduate Students

  • Assess creativity, leadership, determination of team members
  • VIP students have depth and breadth before becoming a grad student
  • They have both participated in research

Increases Chances for Research Funding

  • VIP for education, broader impact, DEI, workforce development in proposals
  • Time to prove an idea – lead up to proposal
VIP Students

office hours

M-F: 8am - 3:30pm

Address

University of Delaware

Phone

(302)-831-4997