Cal Poly Pomona Student Research Conference
CSU Student Competition

Annual CSU Student Research Competition

The California State University Systemwide Student Research Competition is an annual event that brings together scholars from all of the 23 campuses of the California State University system. The competition showcases undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments. Undergraduate and graduate student participants from all disciplines are judged by experts for their oral presentations and written abstracts.  Students who compete in the CSU Student Research Competition can win first place awards of $500 for first place and $250 for second place recognition in their session.

Cal Poly Pomona representatives to the competition are selected from the Annual Student RSCA Conference, held in the first week of March, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research in association with URFAC.

This year's competition will be hosted by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on April 26 and 27, 2024. For more information about the competition and please visit their website here.

Presentation categories include:

  • Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • Biological and Agricultural Sciences
  • Business, Economics, and Public Administration
  • Creative Arts and Design
  • Education
  • Engineering and Computer Science
  • Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
  • Humanities and Letters
  • Physical and Mathematical Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary

Each entry (oral presentation plus written summary) will be judged on the following:

  • Clarity of purpose.
  • Interpretation of results.
  • Value of the research or creative activity.
  • Ability of the presenter to articulate the research or creative activity.
  • Organization of the material presented.
  • Presenter's ability to handle questions from the jury and general audience.

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