Sponsor a Project

Sponsored projects give students a chance to gain real-world experience by working with companies on a clearly scoped project.

These projects provides students with:

• Real-life experience working with a project sponsor
• Guidance from a USF professor on a technical approach 

Companies that sponsor projects will gain:

• A project that can become a proof of concept done at no cost 
• Interaction with students that can help with internship and job recruitment

These projects are taken on by our CS 490 and CS 690 classes. Each class is taught by a professor who guides the students throughout the semester. There are typically 2-4 students per project.

• CS 490 - Senior Undergraduate Computer Science Students
• CS 690 - Senior Graduate Computer Science Students

As a project sponsor you will...

• Provide a project for the students to work on over the course of the semester
• Provide a representative to guide/interact with your student team (1 hour per week, online or in-person)
• Be available to answer questions about the project 
• Provide access to resources needed to complete the project 
• Participate in the final presentation of the project with students 

Project classes are offered in the Spring and Fall semesters

Project submissions from sponsors are due 3 weeks before the beginning of the semester 

Early to mid January for the Spring semester 

Early August for Fall semester 

Each semester is 15 weeks

• Sponsor will own the IP of anything that is developed by the students 
• Any data provided by the sponsor should be anonymous and not contain sensitive information