Commentary highlights the VIP model's impact on undergraduate research and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Vertically integrated projects (VIP) compose a largescale, long-term, team-based, multidisciplinary, for-credit model for undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry. Vertical integration refers to team composition, which includes undergraduates of different years in school. Adoption of the VIP model continues to increase, driven by the desire to scale up high-impact practices and by evidence of success with equity, leadership growth, job placement gains, and collaboration across disciplinary lines. Since its establishment in 2014, more than 50 institutions have joined the VIP Consortium, with 30 in the United States and 22 in sixteen other countries. This commentary provides an overview of the VIP model, resources for prospective sites, and suggestions for future research.
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