Engineering Student Project Teams – Recruiting & Applications

Joining an Engineering Student Project Team offers students the opportunity to become part of a diverse, collaborative, and engaging community of students from across Cornell.

Fall 2023 Recruiting

Most teams recruit new students heavily in the fall semester, but many also recruit new members in the spring semester. For the fall, teams follow split timeline with separate deadline for upperclass and first-year/transfer students, outlined below. 

Applications

Students that decide they would like to join a project team will complete a two-part application process.

Step one: Complete the General Project Team Application

This application is common for all Engineering Student Project Teams and collects basic identifying and demographic information. Applicants select which team(s) they are applying to on this general form. This basic information is shared with specific teams once the application period is closed.

Step two: Complete the team-specific application for each team that you are applying to.

Timeline for Fall 2023 Upperclass Recruiting

DateEvent / Deadline

Mon., Aug 14

Recruiting Begins
Team applications will be “open” when recruiting begins. Teams will not review applications before the due date and students will not get an advantage by submitting early. 
Thurs., Aug 31 (4:00-7:00pm)Project Teams Fest in Duffield Atrium
Thurs., Aug 31 (11:59pm)Upperclass Student Applications Due
See individual team websites (linked below) for application information. Project Teams may begin reviewing applications after this date. 
Wed., Sept 13Uniform First Offer Date for Upperclass Students
This is the earliest that Project Teams can invite new students to join their team. Applicants must be allowed at least 48 hours to respond.

Fri., Sept 22 (5:00pm)

Project Team Add Deadline
All students participating in project team work for credit must be enrolled by this deadline. Petitions for late adds, after this date, will not be approved. All new Project Teams students must enroll in ENGRG 1400 (1 cr, SU) and may concurrently enroll in 1-3 credits of ENGRG 3400 (team-specific, graded or SU). Consult your team leads for guidance. 

Timeline for Fall 2023 First-year and Transfer Recruiting

DateEvent / Deadline

Mon., Aug 14

Recruiting Begins
Team applications will be “open” when recruiting begins. Teams will not review applications before the due date and students will not get an advantage by submitting early. 
Thurs., Aug 31 (4:00-7:00pm)Project Teams Fest in Duffield Atrium
Thurs., Sept 28 (11:59pm)First-year and Transfer Student Applications Due
See individual team websites (linked below) for application information. Project Teams may begin reviewing applications after this date. Qualtrics General Application will be closed to new applicants. 
Mon., Oct 16Uniform First Offer Date for First-year and Transfer Students
This is the earliest that Project Teams can invite new students to join their team. Applicants must be allowed at least 48 hours to respond.

Wed., Oct 18

First-year and Transfer Student Onboarding Begins
First-year and transfer Project Teams students may not enroll for credit during the Fall 2023 semester. In Spring 2024 all new first-year and transfer students will enroll in ENGRG 1400 (1 cr, SU) and may concurrently enroll in 1-3 credits of ENGRG 3400 (team-specific, graded or SU). Consult your team leads for guidance. 

Team-Specific Applications

Project TeamTeam-Specific ApplicationNotes
Fall recruitment has not yet opened.  

Questions?

Email Engineering Project Teams, eng_projectteams@cornell.edu