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ACM Student Research Competition

The ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students to present their original research at well-known ACM sponsored and co-sponsored conferences before a panel of judges and attendees.

For Student Participants – Information You Should Know About the SRC

Congratulations on being invited to an ACM Student Research Competition.  Here is some important information: Posters Please  see this article  for guidance on posters. Remember that each conference may have additional specifications for posters. Sometimes you can elect to have your submission sent to the chair of a separate student contest that takes place at the same conference. Judging Criteria Abstracts are judged on the motivation of the research; background work; approach; and results and contribution. The first and second rounds of the SRC are evaluated based on quality of oral and visual presentation; research methods; and significance of contribution.  Click here for additional information . Grand Finals Information  The first place undergraduate and graduate(Masters or PhD program) winners from all SRCs for the program year compete in the Grand Finals. Students must submit to ACM headquarters an overview of their research that adheres to the format of problem & motivation, background & related work, uniqueness of the approach, and their results & contributions. This submission must be in PDF format with no external links or external style sheets and should not exceed 4,000 words and 5 printed pages. Evaluations are conducted online by faculty and/or industry professionals associated with the ACM SRC Committee.  View papers from the current Grand Finals candidates. Winners  To see names and submissions of SRC winners,   please click here.

Students can gain many tangible and intangible rewards from participating in one of ACM’s Student Research Competitions. The ACM Student Research Competition is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate students to earn:

• Awards:  cash prizes, medals, and ACM student memberships
• Prestige:  Grand Finalists receive a monetary award and a Grand Finalist certificate that can be framed and displayed 
• Visibility:  opportunities to meet with researchers in their field of interest and make important connections
• Experience: opportunities to sharpen communication, visual, organizational, and presentation skills in preparation for the SRC experience

"Participating in the SRC allowed me to discuss the finer points of my research with professionals from my community, which has given me confidence in mapping out the final stages of my PhD." — Mark Zarb, University of Dundee SPLASH 2012 SRC

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Graduate Student Research Travel Grants – Application Instructions

Deadline: Monday, October 14, 2024 11:59pm

Graduate Student Research Travel Grants provide KU graduate students with financial support for humanities-oriented research (such as archival work, fieldwork, or interviews) that requires domestic or international travel. Funds can be used for transportation, lodging, meals reimbursement, and project-related expenses (e.g., photocopying, access fees). 

The Hall Center awards ten Graduate Student Research Travel Grants of up to $3500 each per year. The money is received in the form of reimbursement for travel expenses. The grants reimburse awardees for travel-related and research expenses up to the maximum amount stated in the award letter.  Only one application per graduate student is permitted each year.

One of these ten awards is named  the Andrew Debicki International Graduate Travel Award and supports travel outside the United States. (This award is provided by Mary-Elizabeth Guinness, formerly Debicki, in honor of University Distinguished Professor Andrew P. Debicki, former Dean of the Graduate School and former director of the Hall Center for the Humanities.) 

Another of these ten awards is named the Jim Martin Graduate Travel Award and supports travel inside the United States. (This award is made possible by Kathy Martin and family, in honor of Jim Martin, former president of the KU Endowment Association and former Hall Center Advisory Board member.)

The other eight are named Hall Center for the Humanities Graduate Research Travel Awards and may be used for travel inside or outside the United States. 

This program does not support travel to conferences, travel to undertake performances, costs associated with mounting exhibitions, or residencies except in cases where the applicant can demonstrate that the location of the residency is necessary for conducting research (for example, collecting archival materials or visiting locations to be featured in a novel or other creative work).

Please note that no KU funds can be used for travel to countries on the State Department warning list.

Applications from the Arts and Social Sciences are welcome, but applicants must demonstrate the ways in which their project utilizes themes and methodologies from the humanities.

DEADLINE:   Monday, October 14, 2024 at 11:59PM

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants will:

1. Be KU graduate students working on a humanities-oriented research or creative project who will have successfully completed all required coursework for the MA, MFA, or PhD by the end of the semester in which they are applying;

2. Demonstrate a high level of motivation, including the ability to establish and achieve goals; and

3. Have not already received a Graduate Research Travel Award from the Hall Center for the Humanities.

REQUIREMENTS

Award recipients are required to:

1. Complete all travel by the deadline stated in the award letter.

2. Submit a brief report describing the work accomplished and its impact on the overall project. The report is due no later than four weeks immediately following completion of research travel. Failure to comply with this requirement will make the   individual   ineligible for future funding from the Hall Center;  

3. Register travel through the University by completing the following  TRAVEL REQUEST FORM .

4. Register international travel through the  Student International Travel Registry , maintained by the KU Office of Study Abroad; and

5. Submit all receipts for reimbursement within 90 days of the date the expense was incurred to:  [email protected] . Central accounting requires that receipts be accompanied by a travel itinerary detailing the work undertaken during each day of travel. Different processes exist for U.S. citizens and permanent residents (w/ a green card) and international students. If you receive an award, please reach out as early as possible to discuss the details.

APPLICATION PROCESS

All application materials must be submitted through the Hall Center Competitions Portal.  Paper submissions will not be accepted.  For an application to be verified as complete, and thus forwarded for committee review, applicants must:

1. Create an account or log in to an existing account.

2. Select the Apply Now button next to this competition. 

3. Complete the  Applicant Information  form in the Portal.

NOTE: The demographic questions in the application form are optional. We would appreciate your responses as they allow us to chart demographic data and better comprehend the communities we reach and serve through this competition and award program. This information will not be used for determining awards. 

Student Research Competition (SRC)

What is the student research competition.

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit a proposals to the annual SIGDOC conference to compete in the Student Research Competition (SRC). The SRC offers a forum for students to present their original research at an ACM-sponsored conference before a panel of judges and attendees. Participants also have the option of preparing an Extended Abstract to be published in the conference proceedings .

To learn more about the SRC, visit http://src.acm.org/

If you have questions, email the current Chair of the SRC.

Past Winners

Click on the link icons to view any corresponding proceedings publications.

SRC 2023 Winners

Graduate division.

• 1st Place: Caitlin Baulch, University of Minnesota
• 2nd Place: Chloe Robertson, Virginia Tech
• 3rd Place: Anwesha Chattopadhyay, University of Florida

Undergraduate Division

• 1st Place: Vignesh Mullaguru, Kennesaw State University

SRC 2022 Winners

• 1st Place: Chenxing Xie, North Carolina State University
• 2nd Place: Jiaxin Zhang, Texas Tech University
• 3rd Place: Meghalee Das, Texas Tech University 🔗

No undergraduate division for SIGDOC ’22.

SRC 2021 Winners

• 1st Place: Ian Stark, Texas Tech University 🔗
• 2nd Place: Jiaxin Zhang, Texas Tech University 🔗
• 3rd Place: Yingying Tang, Auburn University 🔗
• 1st Place: Hannah Goodsell, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 🔗
• 2nd Place: Kylie Call, Virginia Tech 🔗
• 3rd Place: Koyo Nakamura, Han Feng, Sebastian Priss, & Hannah Mei (University of Washington)  🔗

SRC 2020 Winners

• 1st Place: Danielle Stambler, University of Minnesota 🔗
• 2nd Place: Sarah Fadem, Ritgers University 🔗
• 3rd Place: Nicole Lowman, SUNY University at Buffalo 🔗
• 1st Place: Sanjana Ponnada, Arizona State University 🔗
• 2nd Place: Rita Flanagan, University of Pittsburgh 🔗
• 3rd Place: Kenyan Burnham (Texas Tech University), Adam Narine (Ontario Technical University), & Christopher Trotter (University of Minnesota) 🔗

SRC 2019 Winners

• 1st Place: Nupoor Ranade, North Carolina State University 🔗
• 2nd Place: Yeqing Kong, North Carolina State University 🔗
• 3rd Place: Angela Glotfelter, Miami University
• 1st Place: Nicholas Hennigan, Milwaukee School of Engineering University 🔗
• 2nd Place: Andrea Ausmus, Paulo Buencamino, Jennifer Grether, Stella Kim, Kerri Kress, & Aaron Suchman (Arizona State University)

ACM SIGMETRICS / IFIP PERFORMANCE 2024

Venice, Italy June 10-14, 2024

ACM SIGMETRICS Student Research Competition (SRC)

The ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students to present their original research at well-known ACM sponsored and co-sponsored conferences before a panel of judges and attendees. The SRC consists of two rounds of competition, held at conferences, and a grand finals competition.

To participate in the competition, a student must submit an 800-word abstract of their original research project. Each submitted abstract will be evaluated by a minimum of three faculty members, none of whom are affiliated with the student's university. Each student whose abstract is selected is invited to attend the SRC competition at SIGMETRICS and participate in the SRC poster session. Posters will be evaluated based on the research methods, the significance of contribution and the oral and visual presentation. A group of semi-finalists (top five in each category) will be chosen to give a short presentation in the second round of the competition, on the last day of the conference. Evaluations are based on the presenter’s knowledge of his/her research area, contribution of the research, and the presentation. Three winners will be chosen in each category, undergraduate and graduate (Masters or PhD program), receiving $500, $300, and $200, respectively. First place undergraduate and graduate (Masters or PhD program) student winners can participate in the SRC Grand Finals.

Submit your work and take part of the ACM Student Research Competition at SIGMETRICS 2024

SRC Winners

• 1 st Place Winner: Jason Han (Rice University) - Turning Quantum Noise on its Head: Using the Noise for Diffusion Models to Generate Images
• 2 nd Place Winner: Yuncheng Yao (New York University Shanghai - MLFD: the Implementation and Performance Evaluation of an LSTM-based, SmartNIC-Offloadable Failure Detector
• 1 st Place Winner: Ramakrishna (Cornell University) - Transform Analysis of Preemption Overhead in the M/G/1
• 2 nd Place Winner: Louis Hauseux (Inria) - How can we theoretically measure the performance of density-based clustering algorithms?
• 3 rd Place Winner: Ming Xiang (Northeastern University) - Taming Client Availability in Federated Learning in the Presence of Arbitrary and Unknown Dynamics

Accepted Posters

Undergraduate category:

• Jason Han (Rice University) - Turning Quantum Noise on its Head: Using the Noise for Diffusion Models to Generate Images
• Yuncheng Yao (New York University Shanghai - MLFD: the Implementation and Performance Evaluation of an LSTM-based, SmartNIC-Offloadable Failure Detector

Graduate category:

• Osayamen J Aimuyo (Cornell University) - Aristos: Pipelining One-sided Communication in Distributed Mixture of Experts
• Ciro Guida (University of Naples Federico II) - Toward Privacy-Preserving Training of Generative AI Models for Network Traffic Classification
• Daichi Kuroda (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)) - Differentiating between Hierarchical and Flat Communities
• Angelo Rodio (Inria) - The Multiple Faces of Variance Reduction in Federated Learning
• Shefali Ramakrishna (Cornell University) - Transform Analysis of Preemption Overhead in the M/G/1
• Ming Xiang (Northeastern University) - Taming Client Availability in Federated Learning in the Presence of Arbitrary and Unknown Dynamics
• Yiyang Wang (University of Rochester) - Time-Continuous Modeling of Zipfian Workload Locality
• Louis Hauseux (Inria) - How can we theoretically measure the performance of density-based clustering algorithms?
• Rasmus Krebs (Copehagen Business School) - Beyond Accuracy: Evaluating Code Quality of Large Language Models against ISO/IEC 5055 Standards
• Ibtihal El Mimouni (INRIA Sophia Antipolis) - Whittle Index-Based Q-Learning for Contextual Restless Bandits: A Case Study in Email Marketing

Call for Contributions

How to enroll: submit a research abstract (phase 1).

To enroll in the Student Research Competition (SRC), you must be an undergraduate or graduate student pursuing an academic degree at the time of initial submission. You must submit a research abstract (at most 800 words) related to any of the main SIGMETRICS themes. A submission should describe the motivation of the research, background work, the approach, the actual results and your contribution. Supervisors of the work may not be listed as co-authors (see the Frequently Asked Questions section). As with any publication, the content of the submission must be at least 30% different than any other publication.

The SRC committee members will review the submissions and select students to participate in the competition. Submissions that are accepted to the competition will be published in ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review.

How to partecipate: SRC Participation (Phase 2)

If your abstract is accepted, you will need to register for SIGMETRICS 2024 as well as be currently enrolled in a university or college and have an active ACM student membership. Qualifying research areas are those covered by the conference; they are specified in the conference’s call for papers. Students may only participate in one SRC per program year (April 1-March 31). Students that have applied to an SRC, but whose research abstract has not been selected, may respond to other SRC calls for contributions during the program year.

Submission Guidelines

A submission to SRC must not exceed 800 words, and not exceed 2 pages including all text, references, appendices, and figures. The submission must be written in English and must be submitted as a PDF file. All submissions must conform to the Alternate ACM SIG Proceedings Paper Formatting Guidelines (LaTEX users must use the class file ). Please note that upon acceptance, authors will be required to complete the ACM rights form, fill in the copyright information in their document, and submit their final version within 48 hours of its being requested.

The SRC research abstract is to be submitted electronically using the HotCRP submission page: https://sigmetrics24src.hotcrp.com/ and the ACM membership number be provided in the submission form.

Only individual research is accepted from Graduate (Masters or PhD program) students; group research projects will not be considered. If an individual is part of a group research project and wants to participate in an SRC, they can only present their part of the research. Team projects will be accepted from Undergraduate students. One person should be designated by the team to attend the conference and make the oral presentation. Should the designated presenter win first, second or third place in competition only they will receive the medal and monetary award.

Important Dates

• SRC Submissions Deadline: February 23rd March 8th, 2024 at 11:59:59 pm (midnight) AoE
• SRC Acceptance Notification: March 22nd March 29th, 2024
• SRC Poster Session (First round): June 11, 2024
• SRC Presentation (Second round): June 12, 2024
• SRC Camera Ready: July 5th, 2024

Additional Information

• Nicolas Gast, Inria, France
• Lishan Yang, George Mason University, USA

SRC program committee

• Benny Van Houdt, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Daniel Figueiredo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Debankur Mukherjee, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Fábio Luciano Verdi, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
• Martin Arlitt, Micro Focus, Canada
• Nakjung Choi, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
• Qiaomin Xie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• Shaolei Ren, University of California Riverside, USA
• Waina Wang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

At the Conference

First round competition: poster presentation on june 11, 2024.

If you are selected to participate in the competition, you will be invited to the first round, which will take place at SIGMETRICS 2024. You will present a poster describing your work to conference attendees and leading experts in the field, including the SRC committee. Judges will review the posters and discuss the research with participants. The scale for evaluating the visual presentation of the research is as follows: (1) oral presentation: 10 points, (2) visual presentation: 10 points, (3) research methods: 15 points, (4) significance of contribution: 10 points. The top five students in each category will advance to the second round of the competition.

Second Round Competition: Research Talk (June 12)

If you are selected for the second round, you will give a short presentation of your research before a panel of a minimum of five judges in a special session at the SIGMETRICS 2024 conference. You should prepare in advance a presentation and a talk describing your work. After each presentation, there will be a brief question-and-answer session. The scale for evaluating the conference presentation of the research is as follows: (1) knowledge of research area: 15 points, (2) contribution of research: 10 points, (3) presentation: 10 points. Based on their scores, the top three undergraduate and three graduate (Masters or PhD program) students will be chosen as winners. They will be recognized during the conference and will receive prizes.

SRC Grand Finals (after the conference)

The first place winners of the SIGMETRICS 2024 SRC will be invited to participate in the ACM SRC Grand Finals, where they will compete with winners from other conferences held during the program year. A different panel of judges evaluates these winners against each other via the web. Three undergraduates and three graduates will be chosen as the SRC Grand Finals winners.

The top three undergraduate and graduate winners at each SRC receive prizes of $500, $300, and $200, respectively (USD). All SRC participants receive a certificate of participation.

The top three undergraduate and graduate winners at each SRC receive an award medal and a one-year complimentary ACM student membership with a subscription to ACM’s Digital Library.

Conference Registration and Expenses Coverage

To be announced.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can i list my advisor as a co-author on my poster/talk/paper.

People who have overseen a project but are too senior to compete in the SRC (e.g., faculty or post-doc advisors for the graduate category, faculty or graduate student advisors for the undergraduate) may be listed as co-authors, but their role should be clearly identified as advisory; it's clearest to list these people in an "acknowledgements" section and not as co-authors if possible. Even if listed as co-authors, such people should have no more than an advisory or editorial role in writing the submission and may not have any role in presenting it.

What should be part of the research abstract?

A submission to the competition should describe recently completed or ongoing student research related to the topics covered by SIGMETRICS. It is important that your research abstract discusses (1) research problem and motivation, (2) background and related work, (3) approach and uniqueness, and (4) results and contributions. The committee will assess your research abstract along these dimensions.

Based on what criteria will judges evaluate the abstract/research?

The judges will assess research abstracts based on four criteria: Problem and motivation, Background and related work, Approach and uniqueness, and Results and contribution. For the poster presentation, the criteria are Oral presentation, Visual presentation, Research methods, and Significance of contribution. For the conference presentation, the criteria are Knowledge of research area, Contribution of research, and Presentation.

My research is not related to any of the main themes of the SIGMETRICS conference. Can I still participate in the Student Research Competition?

Yes, but not at SIGMETRICS. Participate in a SRC at conference that is related to your research. To participate in the competition at SIGMETRICS, your research needs to be related to the main themes of the SIGMETRICS conference (see the topics for the Technical Research Track). If your research is not among the topics relevant for SIGMETRICS, please check http://src.acm.org/ to find a conference that is better related.

I submitted a paper to SIGMETRICS 2024. May I also submit an abstract on the same topic to the Student Research Competition?

No. The purpose of the SRC is to give feedback on ongoing or incomplete research. If the work is complete enough to be submitted as a full paper to SIGMETRICS 2024, then it is not eligible for the SRC. (see below)

Can already published works be submitted to an SRC?

Standard self-plagiarism rules are in effect for the SRC. If the research results have already appeared in a publication, prior to the SRC submission date, then they are not permitted to be submitted to an SRC for consideration. Furthermore, the same work may not be presented at an SRC and in another session in the same conference in the same year.

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Student Research Grants Competition - Research Travel Funds

The Graduate School’s Student Research Grants Competition ( SRGC ) provides the opportunity for students to apply for funds to present their research at a conference or to support research travel in preparation for their dissertation, final exhibition, or thesis. At this time, amidst limited funding and high demand, awards will be granted only to dissertators or to final year master’s students. If additional funds become available at a future point, this eligibility may be revisited. Most students will be funded by SRGC only once during their time as a graduate student.

Awards are granted in $600 or $1,500 amounts (as specified by the Vilas Trust), depending on the qualifying expenses listed in the application.

Note to applicants: This is a highly competitive funding competition. Due to the high demand and limited number of awards, unfortunately, not all applications can be funded, even if you meet all of the eligibility requirements. Students should pursue funding from other sources and not assume that SRGC funds will be awarded.

SRGC 2024-2025 Anticipated Application Deadlines

Applications for the SRGC will be posted and considered on a quarterly basis. Please note that funding requests cannot be considered outside of this timeline, nor can funding be guaranteed in advance of travel. • Cycle 1 : For conferences and research travel between July 1, 2024, and September 30, 2024. Application dates are May 24, 2024 through June 23, 2024, with decisions announced the week of July 1, 2024. • Cycle 2 : For conferences and research travel between October 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Application dates are August 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024, with decisions announced the week of September 16, 2024. • Cycle 3 : For conferences and research travel between January 1, 2025, and March 31, 2025. Application dates are November 1, 2024, through November 30, 2024, with decisions announced the week of December 16, 2024. • Cycle 4 : For conferences and research travel between April 1, 2025, and June 30, 2025. Application dates are February 1, 2025, through February 28, 2025, with decisions announced the week of March 17, 2025.

For more information, please visit https://grad.wisc.edu/funding/grants-competition/.

• Are you traveling to conduct research supporting your dissertation, thesis, or final exhibition? Students interested in applying for the SRGC Conference Presentation Funds, please follow this link: https://wisc.academicworks.com/opportunities/84357.
• Have you received an SRGC award for conference or research travel in the current or a prior fiscal year? If so, please indicate the semester and year and award amount.
• What is your current student status?
• What is your current academic degree program?
• What academic division are you in?
• Which of the following options best describes your enrollment?
• Research location. List the city and state if US-based, or city and country if abroad.
• Please list your start and end dates of travel in the MM/DD/YYYY format. Note that travel must start between October 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024 to be eligible for funding in the current cycle. For information on future cycles, please visit https://grad.wisc.edu/funding/grants-competition/.
• Please explain the research work you will conduct during this time period and how the proposed project will help you complete your dissertation and develop professionally.
• Have you received all necessary approval for your research and travel plans? Examples may include: IRB approval, hosting institution sign-off, advisor approval, and research committee approval.
• Please provide a synopsis of your research and methodology, including e.g., archival research, interviews, equipment used, etc.
• What is the cost of lodging for your trip in US dollars? Maximum lodging rates can be calculated by visiting http://wisconsin.edu/travel/ and clicking on the "Lodging Max and Meal Rate Calculator" button. Please list either the maximum rate or actual lodging costs, whichever is lower. You may request more than the maximum rate only if that lodging rate has been arranged by the conference organizers.
• What is the cost of meals an incidental expenses (i.e., per diem) for your trip in US dollars? Meal rates can be calculated by visiting http://wisconsin.edu/travel/ and clicking on the "Lodging Max and Meal Rate Calculator" button.
• What is the cost of your airfare in US dollars? Per University policy, all airfare must be purchased through a university contracted travel agency or via the Concur self-booking tool to be eligible for this funding. If you did not purchase your airfare through a university contracted travel agency or via the Concur self-booking tool, list $0 in this section.
• What is the estimated cost of ground transportation in US dollars? This may be one of a combination of: mileage in personal vehicle (see rates at https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-3019), car rental, public transit, taxi or rideshare, and parking expenses. Note that rental cars must be booked through Concur or directly with the University’s contracted travel agency to be eligible for this funding.
• Are you requesting funding for any other travel expenses not listed above? If so, describe them below and list the amount for each. Please note that the following expenses are never reimbursable: trip insurance, flight insurance, fines/penalties, participant support costs, and expenses for others (e.g. dependents or colleagues).
• If you feel that any of the expenses listed above need further justification, please explain here. Additionally, please explain the basis of your calculations and rationale for the transportation or lodging options you selected.
• Have you sought or received any additional funds to cover this travel? If you have other funding for this travel, please explain below and indicate which travel expenses/amount will be covered by this funding.
• Please provide the name and email address for your faculty advisor/PI. We may contact them to verify your travel authorizations. No letter of recommendation is needed.
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Graduate Student Research Competition

Tufts University's Graduate Student Research Competition (GSRC) supports the research of graduate students by providing funding for expenses including:

• Equipment, materials, and supplies
• Research participant compensation
• Expenses of travel to conduct research

The competition is open to any graduate student enrolled in a doctoral or master’s program in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (including SMFA at Tufts) or the School of Engineering.

Sixteen awards are available each semester. The maximum amount for an award is $1,000 and students are limited to one award per academic year.

Application Information

For application instructions and proposal requirements, review the  Graduate Student Research Competition Guidelines .

Fall Deadline

November 15

Spring Deadline

Submit GSRC Application Form

Awards are competitive and decisions are based on:

• The significance of the research to the field and to the applicant’s degree progress
• Clarity in writing, presentation, and methodology
• Clarity and justification of the budget

Sample Proposals

The proposals below provide examples of successful and well-presented GSRC proposals in each of the three discipline categories.

Natural Sciences and Engineering

• Biology, Spring 2015: "Forecasting and monitoring 'at risk' butterfly species: A case study of the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton)"
• Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2015: "Depth-Resolved Measurements for Non-Invasive Optical Monitoring of the Brain"

Social Sciences

• Psychology, Spring 2015: "Post-event processing following social and nonsocial evaluative events"
• Child Development, Fall 2013: "Effects of Graphic Structure on Visual Narrative Comprehension"

Arts and Humanities

• Art and Art History, Fall 2013: "Dangerous Misrepresentations: The Blitz Myth's Continuing Influence on our Post-9/11 World"
• Drama, Spring 2015: "Theatre of the Mind: Towards a Topography of Mental Health and Victorian Theatrical Practice in Nineteenth-Century Britain"

We are happy to help with logistical or procedural questions. Please email [email protected] for any questions during this process.

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Student Engagement in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (SERSCA)

The mission of the SERSCA Program is to provide California State University, Stanislaus students with resources and opportunities that may not otherwise be possible to engage in a comprehensive, multi-faceted, co-curricular experience led by faculty mentors. The SERSCA Program is available to both undergraduate and graduate students across all disciplines university-wide. Through Assistantships, Mini-Grants, the Student Research Competition, and Travel Grants, the SERSCA Program provides student support for engagement in research, scholarship, and creative activity (RSCA) from idea conception through dissemination. It is not required to participate in one aspect of the SERSCA Program to be eligible for other aspects, but the program is designed so that potentially a student could be guided by a faculty mentor and supported by the SERSCA Program through all stages of an RSCA project.

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Undergraduate Assistantships

SERSCA Undergraduate Assistantships (UGA) promote student engagement in research, scholarship, and creative activity by funding awards for undergraduate students to work with faculty on research, scholarship, or creative projects.

Application period: August 19 - September 10, 2024

SERSCA UGA Program Guidelines & Requirements 2024-25

Graduate Assistantships

The purpose of Graduate Assistantship (GA) positions is to provide opportunities to engage in meaningful disciplinary-based activities related to teaching, research, and/or professional development. Students apply with a faculty advisor for employment awards for students to work side by side with faculty in teaching, research, and other scholarly endeavors.

GA Program Guidelines & Requirements 2023-2024

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Mini-Grants

SERSCA Mini-Grants promote student engagement in research, scholarship, and creative activity by funding project needs, including equipment, materials, and supplies. Mini-Grant funds cannot be applied towards travel costs. All Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postbaccalaureate students currently enrolled at Stanislaus State are eligible to apply. All applicants must be nominated by a faculty sponsor.

Mini Grants will be awarded until funds are exhausted (see count below).

Mini-Grants Guidelines 2024-2025 AY

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Total awards available for 2024-25 AY: 20

Awarded to date: 11

Remaining awards as of 9/19/2024:  9 (2 graduate, 7 undergraduate)

Travel Grants

SERSCA Travel Grants promote student engagement in research, scholarship, and creative activity by funding travel for undergraduate and graduate students to present their RSCA at professional conferences, exhibits, or other professional venues. Awards are also available for attendance or participation at professional conferences, exhibits, or other professional venues.

• Presentation travel grants - maximum of $1,200
• Attendance travel grants - maximum of $800

All travel is subject to campus travel policy and institutional approval.

SERSCA Travel 2023-24 Program Guidelines

Student Research Competition

The Stanislaus State Student Research Competition promotes excellence in student research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student scholarships across all disciplines. Students present their research before a panel of faculty judges; top presenters in each category earn monetary awards; and delegates are nominated to compete at the statewide CSU Research Competition, where they compete against other outstanding scholars in the CSU system.

This year's campus competition will be held on  Friday, March 8, 2024.

Eligibility

Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled at Stan State, as well as alumni who received their degrees in spring, summer, or fall 2023, are eligible to participate. All applicants must be nominated by a faculty sponsor. Presentations from all disciplines are invited, as well as group presentations. The SERSCA office reserves the right to exercise discretion in grouping presentations by affinity to create equitable categories. The categories are as follows:

• Undergraduate Arts & Humanities
• Undergraduate Social Sciences
• Undergraduate Natural & Physical Sciences
• Graduate Arts & Humanities
• Graduate Natural, Physical, and Social Sciences

Application Procedures

Students must submit an application and written summary paper on  InfoReady  by Monday, February 26, 2024 by noon.

InfoReady Application

Procedures and Guidelines

Guidelines for the written summary.

o The summary must include the name(s) of the student(s) and the title of the presentation. o The narrative may not exceed one single-spaced page and must use fonts and margins that ensure legibility. o Up to 3 additional pages of bibliography, appendices, tables, figures, or other supplementary materials may also be included. o Research that has human or animal subjects’ involvement must also submit proof of appropriate institutional review and approval. o It is expected that entrants will not make an oral presentation by simply reading directly from the written summary. o The research/creative activity should be appropriate to the student’s discipline and career goals.

Competition Guidelines

• Each competitor has 10 minutes to orally present their work before a jury and audience, and 3 minutes to respond to jury and audience questions.
• Supporting audio-visual materials are encouraged.
• Entrants presenting creative arts/design projects may present an audio and/or visual record of a performance they have given or a work they have created, and they are encouraged to focus the oral presentation on the rationale and historical context underlying their interpretation of the material.

Each entry will be judged on the following:

• Clarity of purpose (15%)
• Appropriateness of methodology (15%)
• Interpretation of results (15%)
• Value of the research or creative activity (15%)
• The ability of the presenter to articulate the research or creative activity (15%)
• Organization of the materials presented (15%)
• Presenter’s ability to handle questions from the jury and general audience (10%)

Statewide Competition

As many as 10 delegates will be nominated to compete at the CSU statewide competition which will be hosted by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on April 26-27, 2024. Monetary awards are available to the outstanding presenters in each category.

SRC Winners & Archive

Congratulations to the award winners of the 34th Annual Stan State Student Research Competition, held February 28, 2020!

At this competition, 14 students presented their research and creative projects to a panel of faculty jurors, student peers, faculty mentors, friends and family in three separate sessions based on discipline and topic.

Students competed for monetary awards for top presenters in each category, as well as for the honor of being nominated to represent our university at the 34th CSU Annual Statewide Student Research Competition, held at CSU East Bay on April 24-25, 2020.

Thanks to all of the students who participated and the faculty mentors who supported them. Our congratulations to the following outstanding presenters:

Campus Winners

Undergraduate social sciences - session 1.

Undergraduate Natural & Physical Sciences - Session 2 

Graduate Arts & Humanities – Session 3

All students listed above were also nominated as delegates to represent Stan State at the Statewide Research Competition!

Statewide Award Winners

Andy Ponce, Kohl James, & Victoria Morado placed 1st in the Undergraduate Physical and Mathematical Sciences session at the Statewide Student Research Competition! 

Competition Judges

Dr. Victor Luevano, Psychology Dr. Mary Roaf, Ethnic Studies Laura Rocco, Library Dr. Stuart Wooley, Biology Dr. Ellen Bell, Anthropology Dr. Elvin Aleman, Chemistry Dr. Matthew Moberly, English Dr. Mirta Maldonado, English Dr. Ashley Black, History

Special thanks to the faculty judges for their invaluable contributions – asking thoughtful critical questions, requiring the competitors to be sharp and to rise to the occasion, and making tough decisions in deliberation. Without them, the Student Research Competition would not be possible.

Previous SRC Archive

2019 Student Research Competition Archive.pdf 2018 Student Research Competition Archive.pdf 2017 Student Research Competition Archive.pdf 2016 Student Research Competition Archive.pdf 2015 Student Research Competition Archive.pdf 2014 Student Research Competition Archive.pdf

Updated: September 19, 2024

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Sigma Xi Awards Student Research Grants for Fall 2023 Cycle

January 06, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

This year’s Committee on Grants in Aid of Research, along with a panel of guest reviewers, evaluated 593 applications across most research disciplines. Chaired by Drew Coleman of the University of North Carolina, the committee awarded grants to 11 undergraduate students, 10 master’s students, and 30 doctoral students. Grant amounts ranged from $600–$5000 and a total of $100,628 was awarded.

• Visit the  GIAR Recipients  page to view the names and research projects of the Fall 2023 awardees.
• Visit the  Faces of GIAR  page to read follow-up stories of past recipients.
• Applications are now being accepted for the Spring 2024 cycle. Visit  sigmaxi.org/giar  to apply.
• Spring 2024 application deadline: March 15

Now in its 102nd year, the GIAR program is made possible thanks to designated funds from Sigma Xi members, the National Academy of Sciences, and the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired. Sigma Xi thanks the following committee members and volunteers who took part in the Fall 2023 grant application review process:

Peter Harries,  North Carolina State University Asem Abdulahad,  Xavier University of Louisiana Joseph Akkara,  National Science Foundation (Retired) Heather Arnett,  West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Stephanie Bingham,  Barry University Drew Coleman (Chair),  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jose Crespo,  Salt Lake Community College Kelly Crowe,  Xavier University Paula Cushing , Denver Museum of Nature and Science Meredith Frazier,  College of Charleston Shruthi Karnam,  University of California-Berkeley Michael Lares,  University of Mary Cecil McManus,  PROBE Consulting Company John Millhauser,  North Carolina State University Timothy Ng,  University of Maryland, College Park Ann Paterson , Williams Baptist University Emma Perry,  University of Maine Megan Perry , East Carolina University Joanne Tillotson , State University of New York at Purchase (Retired) Hannah Wetzel , Xavier University Ann Yezerski,  King’s College Ruda Zhang,   University of Houston

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Funding: Student Research Grants Competition (UW-Madison Graduate School)

Have you been invited to present your research at a conference, or do you need additional funds to support upcoming research travel or a final project?

The UW-Madison Graduate School is accepting applications for the Student Research Grants Competition (SRGC) to support both conference and research travel awards for the 2018-19 academic year. This year the competition is open to  all eligible UW-Madison graduate students (in previous years, the competition was open only to dissertators and final-year MFA students).  Award levels are $300, $600, $1200, and a limited number of $1500 awards for international research travel (dissertators only).

Please visit the SRGC website for additional information about award eligibility and the application process.

Funding for these awards generously comes from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the Vilas Trust.

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Guidelines for ACM Student Research Competition

The PASC Conference series is an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of knowledge in scientific computing and computational science with a strong focus on methods, tools, algorithms, workflows, application challenges, and novel techniques in the context of scientific usage of high performance computing.

The Conference is co-sponsored by the  Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)  and the  PASC structuring project  and it is managed by the  Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) . The local host of PASC24 is ETH Zurich.

This year for the first time, we are hosting a Student Research Competition sponsored by ACM with some travel financial support generously offered by SIGHPC . The competition seeks submissions from students who wish to showcase their research in the form of a poster presentation at the conference.

Authors who already responded to the PASC24 call for posters , are welcome to submit a contribution also for the ACM Student Research Competition. The two submissions will be treated as independent contributions. The new submission will follow the ACM standard conference terms, and will be evaluated by a separate committee.

The ACM Student Research Competition consists of a 2-page extended abstract following the ACM standard conference template . The competition is organized in several phases. The 2-page abstracts will be evaluated, and a maximum of 20 authors will be invited to present a poster at the conference for further assessment. The first round of judging will select the top six posters. Authors will be invited to present the content of their research within the conference program in a 10-minute talk. During the closing ceremony three posters will be recognized based on the final round of ranking.

SIGHPC has generously agreed to help support travel. Students traveling from within Europe will be awarded a maximum grant of $600, and a maximum allowance of $1400 will be given to the selected students traveling from other continents. Moreover, PASC24 will cover the corresponding registration fee for the selected students. As part of the application process, you will be able to select whether you need a travel grant to attend, and to indicate from where you will be traveling.

Poster submissions should describe topical research in HPC related to domain science, applied mathematics, computer science or software engineering. The scientific domains represented at the PASC Conference are typically organized around the following areas:

• Chemistry and Materials (incl. ceramics, metals, and polymers)
• Climate, Weather, and Earth Sciences (incl. solid earth dynamics)
• Applied Social Sciences and Humanities (incl. behavioral, economic, legal, political and business sciences, philosophy, languages, the arts, ethics in computing including climate impact of HPC, biases in machine learning, etc.)
• Engineering (incl. CFD, computational mechanics, computational engineering and materials, turbulent flow)
• Life Sciences (incl. biophysics, genomics, bioinformatics, systems biology, neuroscience, and computational biology)
• Physics (incl. astrophysics, cosmology, plasma modelling, and quantum information sciences)
• Computational Methods and Applied Mathematics

SRC PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

• Participants must be currently enrolled in a university or college and have an active ACM student membership
• Team projects will be accepted from Undergraduate students. One person should be designated by the team to attend the conference and make the oral presentation. Should the designated presenter win first, second or third place in competition only they will receive the medal and monetary award. Only individual research is accepted from Graduate (Masters or PhD program) students; group research projects will not be considered. If an individual is part of a group research project and wants to participate in an SRC, they can only present their part of the research. Only they will receive the medal and monetary award (should they win).
• Qualifying research areas are those covered by the conference; see above for details.
• Students may only participate in one SRC per program year (April 1- March 31). Students that have applied to an SRC, but have not been accepted, may respond to other SRC calls for participation during the program year. However, a student who is accepted to multiple SRCs must withdraw their submission from all but one.

Further details on participating in the PRC can be found at  https://src.acm.org/participate .

SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

Poster submissions should be made through the PASC24 online submission portal , and will be reviewed by domain experts from the PASC24 ACM Student Research Competition Program Committee chaired by Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories, USA).

POSTER REQUIREMENTS

We will host poster presentations on site at ETH Zurich. Poster authors whose submissions are accepted for presentation at the conference, should thus plan to travel to Zurich and present their work on-site.

Please carry your physical poster to be hung up on poster boards (poster boards are 186 cm high x 121 cm wide).

10 March 2024: Deadline for poster submissions 26 March 2024: Decision notifications

Deadlines correspond to anywhere on earth (‘AoE’ or ‘UTC-12’).

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION TERMS

Please note that one author must be designated as the poster presenter in the submission. The PASC Conference reserves the right to remove contributions that are considered outside the scope of the conference at any time.

Recognizing the important work that students contribute to psychological science, APS and the APS Student Caucus (APSSC) are proud to offer a host of member-only research grant and award opportunities. For more details and eligibility requirements, please refer to the links below.

2024 Student Grant Competition Recipients

To support student research in psychology, the APS Student Caucus provides a source of funding for APS student members to conduct research that is in its initial stage of development. Learn about criteria and the 2024 competition.

Courtney Jones Northwestern University

Kinsey Smith Pacific University

Craig Tomlin Rollins College

Ryan Hodge University of California, Davis

Hwayeon Myeong Rice University

Yuexing Hao Cornell University

2024 Student Poster Awards

A highlight of every APS convention since 1991 is the poster sessions, where hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students studying psychological science (as well as researchers at all levels) present their research and engage in discussions with interested colleagues. Below are the winning posters in each of 5 categories for 2024, as selected by peer reviewers. Award winners may receive monetary compensation, complimentary convention registration, and convention travel assistance to help them attend and present their research.

2024 Student Research Award Recipients

The Student Research Award promotes and acknowledges outstanding research conducted by student members of APS. Learn more about the Student Research Award, including eligibility and how to apply.

Bowen Wang-Kildegaard University of California, Berkeley

Jonathan Chia Singapore Management University

Sua Song Sungkyunkwan University

2024 RISE Research Award Recipients

The RISE Research Award acknowledges outstanding psychological science research related to under-represented populations or conducted by students from diverse backgrounds. Learn more about the RISE Research Award, including eligibility and how to apply.

Callie Wang University of Central Florida

Sakina Spears Fielding Graduate University

Sreelakshmi Pushpanadh Pennsylvania State University

2024 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients

To celebrate the research and contributions of the APS Student Caucus members from diverse backgrounds, the Emerging Scholar Research Award recognizes individuals based on their personal statement, poster abstract submitted to the APS Annual Conference, and CV. Four winners will receive a monetary award, complimentary conference registration, and APS media coverage. Learn more about the Emerging Scholar Research Award .

Enna Chen Stanford University

Lauren Kim University of California, Los Angeles

Miranda Proctor University of Central Florida

2024 Scott O. Lilienfeld APS Travel Award Recipients

This award seeks to honor and extend Scott O. Lilienfeld’s influence on the next generation of clinical scientists by recognizing graduate student poster-presenters at the APS Annual Convention each year. Learn about Scott O. Lilienfeld and the travel award in his name.

Kirsten Morehouse​ Harvard University​

Saurabh Ranjan University of Florida

Psi Chi | APS Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award

The Psi Chi | APS Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award honors Albert Bandura with a competition for the best research by a graduate student in empirical psychology. Learn about Albert Bandura and the research award in his name .

Kevin Summers University of Denver

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$1 million in support for research, conference presentation travel available to graduate students this year

By Meghan Chua

The 2018-19 Student Research Grants Competition (SRGC) is open now for UW–Madison graduate students.

SRGC awards are available for students seeking financial support to present at a conference or to travel and conduct research.

For the upcoming academic year, the Graduate School received a generous allocation from the Vilas Trust, one of the primary supporters of the SRGC competition, providing over $1 million in travel funding for graduate students. It’s the largest allocation the Vilas Trust has ever provided the Graduate School for travel awards.

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) also provides funding for SRGC awards.

All graduate students in traditional master’s and doctoral programs supported by the Graduate School are eligible for SRGC travel funds this year due to the increased funding. Dissertators and final-year MFA students are especially encouraged to apply.

“Opening the competition for all Graduate School students will allow for greater professional development opportunities to a broader range of students,” said Fellowship Director Cassandra Rademaekers. “Students who are planning to travel for research, or to present at a conference, should take advantage of this support opportunity.”

SRGC conference award applications are reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the fiscal year, with awards announced every two months. Awards range from $300 to $1,200.  SRGC research awards are awarded on a quarterly basis, and are reviewed by a peer research review committee.  Award amounts range from $300 to $1,200, with a limited number of $1,500 awards available to dissertators for international research travel.

For more information on SRGC awards, including detailed eligibility, application instructions, and frequently asked questions, visit grad.wisc.edu/funding/grants-competition . Students can apply for SRGC awards multiple times but can only receive one award per fiscal year.

Students weigh in on the impact of SRGC

SRGC awards support student travel for research or to present at a conference. Here are two grad students’ stories about how their SRGC-supported travel made an impact on their professional development and research.

Brandon Taitt, Conference Presentation Funds

Taitt attended the 255th National American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first chemistry-related conference of his career, and he gave a presentation on his research to an audience of fellow scientists.

“This was my first professional presentation, and I learned a lot through the process of preparing and delivering the key concepts of my work in a way that was accessible to the general scientific community,” he said.

Attending the conference also helped him take steps toward developing his professional portfolio for networking and job seeking, as well as deepen his understanding of his field.

“Having the opportunity to be exposed to the wide variety of different approaches toward sustainable biomass conversion that exist in my field was encouraging and motivating,” Taitt said. “It also gave me a sense of greater context as to how my current work fits into the bigger picture of sustainability and green chemistry.”

J. Leigh Garcia, Research Travel Award

Garcia’s research took her to the U.S. and Mexico border in Texas. She visited historic sites and wildlife management areas and state parks that are popular border crossing areas for undocumented immigrants.

She also visited the Old Hidalgo Pump House Museum, the site of a border fence.

“I was able to walk right up to the Mexico-U.S. border wall to take photographs and sketches where immigrants are known to hide and wait for days at a time before climbing the border wall. Next to the border wall, I found two hand-made ladders with rope tied to them, evidence of unauthorized border crossings,” she said.

During her travels, Garcia also met with local organizations that work with undocumented immigrants, creating relationships that she is excited to further grow.

“My trip to the border has given me confidence to continue making work about undocumented immigration, as well as real-life experience in borderland terrain crossed by immigrants,” Garcia said.

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Below are offerings from Office of Research and campuswide affiliates.  Check in your department or program, as well as online, for more fellowships, programs, opportunities!

Competitions

Innovation and entrepreneurship, discipline-specific funding, student rsca fellowship.

This competitive student fellowship supports students to engage with an SJSU faculty mentor in a research, scholarship, and creative activity (RSCA) project. Students receive up to $3,000 and get to participate in a mentoring program during the school year. Conclude your experience with a poster presentation at SJSU’s Celebration of Research in April.

Eligible : Undergraduate and Graduate Students across all fields.

Applications are now open. Apply before the February 10, 2025 deadline!

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) is a yearlong program that provides a mentor and a compensated research position, up to 10 hours per week. Requires course enrollment.

Eligible : Undergraduate students who are first-year transfers and second year students, all fields.

SJSU Handshake

Handshake is the campus internship and job database system that connects you to opportunities, including research-related positions, across disciplines. Log in and access your account with your SJSUOne ID.

Eligible: Undergraduate and graduate students who meet employment criteria.

Student RSCA Competition

Through the Student RSCA Competition , present your Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity and compete to represent SJSU at the CSU-wide competition. The Office of Research will help prepare you with workshops and feedback.

Eligible : Undergraduate and Graduate Students, All Fields. 

Applications are now open. Apply before the February 3, 2025 deadline!

SJSU Grad Slam is a campus-wide competition for the best short-style research presentation aimed at a non-specialist audience. Students have three minutes to communicate key concepts and significance of their research, and are judged largely on their ability to engage their audiences. Consider participating once your research is established.  

Eligible : All Graduate Students across all fields

SpartUp offers students hands-on entrepreneurial experience and an avenue to take their research to the marketplace.  Check out the video on this page to learn more!

Want to explore entrepreneurship in a safe and supportive environment? Sign up for SpartUp Incubator.

Eligible : Undergraduate and Graduate Students across all fields

Small Business Development

Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center : Once you have an entrepreneurial or business idea you’d like help with, sign up for free one-on-one advising at Silicon Valley SBDC.

Many more discipline-specific opportunities may be available through your program, college, or department!

Look online and ask your program advisors for more information.

Graduate Studies Funding Opportunities Business Scholarships Education Scholarships Engineering Student Success Health and Human Sciences Scholarships Professional and Global Engagement Scholarships Science: Scholarships and Research Support Social Sciences Scholarships

💡 Don't forget to ask your individual department, program, and/or mentors for potential opportunities!

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Graduate Student Grant Competition

Grant application and requirements.

The Europe Center invites applications each Spring from graduate and professional students at Stanford University whose research or work focuses on Europe. Funds are available for Ph.D. candidates across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to prepare for dissertation research and to conduct research on approved dissertation projects. The Europe Center also supports early graduate students who wish to determine the feasibility of a dissertation topic or acquire training relevant for that topic. Additionally, funds are available for professional students whose interests focus on some aspect of European politics, economics, history, or culture; the latter may be used to support a research project.

A brief written report of the experience must be submitted at the completion of the project. Any publication or public presentations resulting from their projects should acknowledge the support of “The Europe Center at Stanford University.”

Proposal criteria:

• Clear research question.
• Significance of project.
• Explanation of how the proposed research is relevant to the project. (It is not enough to stipulate that archival research is essential.)
• Specific and detailed budget.

Application Timeline:

• Competition Application Period Opens:   Monday, March 28, 2022 .
• Competition Application Deadline:   Monday, April 18, 2022 .
• Applicants must submit a completed  online application  including written description of project, budget, resume, unofficial transcript of Stanford courses, and attestation of proficiency in the language(s) if applicable.
• There are no citizenship restrictions on these grants.
• Winners will be notified by  Monday, May 2, 2022 .
• If you have questions about The Europe Center’s support of student research, please contact Dr. Christophe Crombez at  [email protected]  

Restrictions to Use of Grant:

The Europe Center reserves the right to audit the use of its funds. Recipients are advised to keep a log of all expenses associated with their projects, and to save all receipts in case an audit is requested for any reason. If recipients travel under the award, submission of the used airline ticket upon completion of the project may be required.

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Welcome to the student section of the Paleontological Society website! The Society provides essential services to members through publications, grants, and an ever-increasing involvement in the annual Geological Society of America meetings. This involvement provides a place where students, both new and experienced, can feel welcomed and get to know their colleagues in professional and social settings.

A few of the initiatives that students should be aware of include:

, awarded each year in the amount of $1200. . The Paleontological Society supports two of its student members to become Geoscience Policy Interns at the American Geosciences Institute each summer.  The interns are immersed in the policy-making process in Washington, DC, where they observe, study, and report on how policy making intersects with and affects the geosciences.  Program. The Paleontological Society seeks to support undergraduate students interested in a career in paleontology who plan on attending the national Geological Society of America meeting. A limited number of grants are available to offset travel costs: $1,000 if the student is presenting original research at GSA and $500 if the student is just attending the meeting.  . The Paleontology in the Parks Fellowship Program is designed to foster collaboration between members of the Paleontological Society (PS) and the National Park Service (NPS) by working together to help address fossil project needs in parks across the United States. Paleontological resources are known from 283 NPS units, whereby fossils are documented in situ, preserved in museum collections, or recorded in cultural contexts.

The OTF Program awards partial travel scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates studying in the geosciences, to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting.

This luncheon for students (undergrad, graduate, and post docs welcome) features a panel of mentors representing a variety of colleges, universities, museums, and government agencies. They will offer advice about preparing for a career, and comment on the prospects for current and future job opportunities.

Learn how to apply modern stratigraphic principles and quantitative analytical methods to the analysis of the fossil record.

The 5-week course will focus on graduate-level research in taphonomy and ecology of late Quaternary to Recent environments of the San Salvador Island (Bahamas), including both marine and terrestrial settings.

The Paleontological Society lists job announcements from a wide range of sources.
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The Association for Women Geoscientists and the Paleontological Society co-sponsor the annual Winifred Goldring Award competition. The award, which consists of a $2000 cash prize and membership in the Paleontological Society and AWG for tenure of the awardee’s schooling, will be presented to an outstanding female student pursuing a career in paleontology. The award is named for Winifred Goldring, a pioneering woman paleontologist, who became State Paleontologist of New York State in 1939 and the first female president of the Paleontological Society in 1949. Please see the AWG website for application instructions:   

The Association for Women Geoscientists and the Paleontological Society co-sponsor the annual AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award. The award, which consists of a $1000 cash prize and membership in the Paleontological Society and AWG for the tenure of the awardee’s schooling, will be presented to an outstanding female undergraduate student pursuing a career in paleontology. Please see the AWG website for application instructions: 

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To support research training programs for US and foreign professionals and students to strengthen global health research and international research collaboration.

The purpose of this program is to encourage applications for research training programs to develop and strengthen the scientific leadership and expertise needed for research at eligible Low-and Middle-Income Country institutions.

Organization Eligibility

• Eligibility: U.S. domestic institutions , Foreign Institutions

Foreign institutions in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries are eligible to apply.

Project Director/ Principal Investigator (PD/PI) Eligibility

• PD/PI U.S. Citizenship Requirement: No
• Career Stage: Established Investigator

PD/PI should have research and training experience in the LMIC country.

Appointee Eligibility

• Career Stage: Predoctoral, Postdoctorate/Residency

Only citizens of LMICs are eligible for pre- or postdoctoral support.

Award Information

• Funding Instrument: Grant
• Funding Category: Research Training and Career Development
• Budget Mechanism Code: OR - Other Research Related

The Key Dates section of funding opportunities lists specific due dates. Many opportunities indicate Standard Due Dates apply.

Standard Application Due Dates (when applicable)			Review and Award Cycles
New	Renewal, Resubmission, Revision as Allowed	AIDS and AIDS Related Grant Applications	Scientific Merit Review	Advisory Council Review	Earliest Start Date

Participating Funding Organizations

Each funding opportunity specifies the participating organizations. Applications must fit within the mission of at least one participating funding organization and meet all opportunity-specific requirements.

The following funding organizations participate on at least one active funding opportunity.

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID )

Related Resources

• Research Training and Career Development Site
• FAQs on Research Training and Career Development  

Programme Grants for Applied Research - Competition 45

This opportunity is now closed.

• Opportunity status: Closed
• Type: Programme
• Opening date: 05 June 2024
• Closing date: 31 July 2024 at 1:00 pm
• Reference ID: 36148

NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)  Competition 45 is inviting Stage 1 applications for research proposals to develop individual programmes of applied health research.

We are delighted to announce that PGfAR is now offering the opportunity to develop and advance health and care research careers. Applicants can now include funding for research capacity development, across all stages of the academic career pathway (i.e., from internships to Masters to PhD, to post-doctoral). Applications that include career development for methodological disciplines are particularly welcome. Find out more about PGfAR career capacity building .

Research funded through a Programme Grant typically consists of an interrelated group of high quality projects focused on a coherent theme and hence require multidisciplinary approaches, including clinical, health economics, statistics, qualitative and behavioural sciences, to ensure that research objectives can be met. The amount awarded and the length of the funding period will depend on the nature of the proposed work, in particular whether or not the proposal includes a substantial powered trial.

Applications to PGfAR are made with the support of an NHS body and other providers of NHS services in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. If an application is successful, a contract will be placed with that organisation for delivery of the research and all funds for the research will be paid to the NHS organisation or other provider of NHS services.

The submission deadline for applications is 13:00 on 31 July 2024 .

You can review information about this funding opportunity in our application system

Highlight notice

Programme Grants for Applied Research is currently participating in the following highlight notice:

• Brain tumors

Supporting Information

• Supporting information
• Word version of the Standard Application Form*

*This document is to be used as a guide and to assist with completion of the online application form only. Please do not try to use this as an application form. You must apply using the online form available through the 'Apply Now' link.

Contact Details

• For help with your application contact [email protected]
• For more information about the funding Programme, visit the PGfAR Page
• Got a research idea and not sure how to turn it into a funding application? The free NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) supports researchers in England to apply for funding, and to develop and deliver clinical and applied health, social care and public health research post award. Find out how the RSS can help you .

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Student group wins $50,000 in first-of-its-kind pitch fest at College of Health Solutions

HydroGuard will use funds for project to monitor hydration, prevent heat-related illnesses

From left: Jiaqian (Amber) Lee, Asiful Arefeen, Michael Yudell, Matthew Scotch, Shovito Barua Soumma, Chau (Reina) Nguyen and Saanya Aroura. Photo courtesy of Keri Hensley/College of Health Solutions

By Kimberly Linn

On the heels of another heat record-setting summer, the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University recently hosted its first-ever Student Research Challenge Pitch Fest with the university’s charge to serve the community at front of mind. The focus of the competition? To reduce the impact of heat on vulnerable and high-risk populations in Phoenix.

With $50,000 in seed money on the line, it came down to two final teams: HydroGuard, which proposed an app that tracks an individual's physical activity, heart rate, skin temperature and fluid intake to provide real-time feedback on hydration status, and SmartHeat, which proposed an app that allows users to create a health profile to receive recommendations on physical activities, along with heat-related illness risk factors based on the individual's fitness levels.

“This event is more than a competition; it’s a platform for students to develop real-world solutions to a pressing public health issue,” said Michael Briggs , executive director of research success at the College of Health Solutions. “It emphasizes innovation, feasibility and teamwork while providing resources and mentorship to help students bring their ideas to life.”

In the end, HyrdroGuard won out, with plans to use the $50,000 in funding to further develop their project concept.

“The inspiration behind our project came from recognizing the significant health risks associated with dehydration, particularly during physical activity or in heat-prone areas like Arizona,” said Hassan Ghasemzadeh , a faculty mentor for HydroGuard. “We observed a gap in the market for a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution that could monitor hydration in real time and provide personalized guidance.”

The HydroGuard team includes College of Health Solutions students Shovito Barua Soumma, a PhD student in biomedical informatics; Jiaqian (Amber) Lee and Chau (Reina) Nguyen, both master’s students in biomedical informatics and data science; Asiful Arefeen, a PhD student in biomedical informatics and a master’s student in computer science from the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence ; and Saanya Aroura, a master’s student in biomedical engineering from the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering .

But the runner-up team did not walk away empty-handed, with SmartHeat being awarded $10,000.

SmartHeat is a four-person multidisciplinary team that includes College of Health Solutions students Binoli Herath, a PhD student in population health, and Raul Freire, a PhD student in exercise and nutritional sciences, as well as Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering students Rashmi Neelawathura, a PhD student in engineering education systems and design, and Tanmai Mukku, a master's student in computer science.

At the onset of the competition, each team was provided with $5,000 to develop their ideas in preparation for the final pitch event. They had regular meetings with their faculty mentors and the Research Success Hub to receive support and guidance. Training on the research expenditure process and project compliance matters, including Institutional Review Board requirements, was also provided, according to Briggs.

The final two teams competed by delivering investor-style pitches to a panel of faculty judges: Alicia Montalvo, clinical associate professor; Adela Grando, director and associate professor; and Edward Ofori, assistant professor.

The judges evaluated the pitches, focusing on idea clarity, originality, execution plan, team cohesion, budget projections, community impact in Maricopa County and overall presentation.

“We focused on several key criteria, including innovation, feasibility, impact and presentation quality,” Ofori said. “There was a discussion about how well the teams aligned their research goals with societal needs, as well as their ability to articulate both the scientific basis and potential outcomes of their projects.”

With their winnings, the HydroGuard team plans to begin larger-scale user testing to gather more data and further train machine learning algorithms for their app. They will also be working on establishing partnerships with hardware manufacturers to move toward a more scalable, market-ready product.

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• 3 App State Students Awarded NC Space Grants to Conduct STEM Research

Three Appalachian State University students have received North Carolina Space Grants to conduct science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research in the 2024–25 academic year.

North Carolina Space Grants are funded by NASA and have been administered by North Carolina State University since 1991. Awards benefit undergraduate students as they perform research on App State’s campuses, or at industrial sites or government facilities. The grants also provide students with opportunities to develop relationships with university mentors and NASA experts.

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Sep 24, 2024 2:39pm