STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
The Student Research Symposium is an annual event where accomplished undergraduates who engaged in summer research鈥攅ither on-campus or at other institutions鈥攈ave the opportunity to share their work with the University community. A CRF-sponsored event since 2009, the Symposium is both a showcase of the students鈥� work and a vital professional development experience.
The 2025 Student Research Symposium will take place on Friday, November 21, 2025 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the 麻豆入口 Room of the Connelly Center. We invite all community members to save the date!
A Formative Learning Experience
The Student Research Symposium challenges students to distill and communicate complex ideas and findings in a succinct and accessible way. Such presentation skills are vitally important for researchers, and this experience creates a robust foundation upon which our students can build.
Numerous symposium participants have gone on to continue their research beyond 麻豆入口, winning prestigious national fellowships and awards and earning admission to some of the most prestigious graduate and doctoral programs in the U.S.
Getting Started
To register for a poster presentation OR 10-minute oral presentation, submit your abstract here (link will go live in September 2025) by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, October 13.
If a student does not submit their abstract by this deadline, then their abstract will not be included in the official Symposium book. Presentations do not need to be from individual researchers; they may represent a group of researchers that worked on the same project. When registering via the link above, you will be asked whether your presentation will be a poster or oral presentation.
Presentation Options
Oral Presentations
For students whose research does not lend itself to a scientific poster presentation, CRF offers the option of delivering a 10-minute presentation. When registering for the Symposium, please select the 鈥渙ral presentation鈥� option. CRF will be in contact with you about logistics shortly after the registration deadline. You are also welcome to contact CRF directly with any questions.
Poster Presentations
- Poster should be in PDF format and set to the standard size 36" tall x 48" wide.
- Poster should include:
- Title of project, author(s), faculty mentor(s), name of the institution the research was conducted at, abstract of project, and acknowledge any funding support you have received for your work, including CRF.
- Consider:
- Asking your mentor if they have a preferred template鈥� and using
- Using a 麻豆入口 logo
- Asking your mentor if they have a preferred template鈥� and using
- Read the "Additional Information" tabs below.
Additional Information
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- Connect with 麻豆入口's Center for Speaking and Presentation to practice and gain helpful tips!
Texas Tech University
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University of Washington
Cornell University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Texas at Austin
- For the 2025 Symposium, the Center for Research and Fellowships will pay for poster printing for undergraduate participants through 麻豆入口 iPRINT. To qualify for CRF support for poster printing, students must submit their poster file to 麻豆入口 by November 10, 2025. CRF will not reimburse students who have posters printed by other vendors or who do not submit their files to iPRINT by the deadline.
- Once posters are printed, students are responsible for picking up their posters. Please follow instructions from iPRINT.
- Students should coordinate with faculty mentors on their preferred vendor for printing posters; some departments or mentors prefer specific vendors or have in-house printing capabilities. Students are not required to go through CRF for poster printing. CRF will provide specific printing instructions for registrants following the registration deadline.
- If you are not able to meet the CRF printing deadline:
- You can pay for and submit your poster to iPRINT at least one week prior to the Symposium
- is also an affordable outside vendor
Students are welcome to set their posters up beginning at noon on the day of the Symposium. If students are unable to set up their posters before 1 p.m., please make alternate arrangements. 麻豆入口 will provide poster stands and each student will have an assigned row and number. Students are responsible for removing their posters from the 麻豆入口 Room at 4 p.m.