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The annual Student Research Symposium provides an opportunity for UAFS students to present what they have learned from their research experience to fellow students, faculty, and the community. The Student Research Symposium includes poster and oral presentation sessions across all academic disciplines. This year's symposium is scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. Friday, April 8, 2022. Poster presentations will be in  Boreham Library while oral presentations will take place in Boreham Library and the Pendergraft Health Sciences Center. Please view the symposium booklet for a full schedule of presentations.

Students actively carrying out research should apply. Students not involved in research are encouraged to attend and learn about the broad range of research being done at UAFS. This symposium allows students to learn from one another and become involved in interdisciplinary discourse.

Click Here to View the 2022 Symposium Booklet

Select a presentation format based upon your particular field of study. 

Oral presentations will be allotted a total of 30 minutes to include setup time and a question and answer period. A SMART System that includes a PC and projection capability is available in each presentation room. You should bring your material on a flash drive or provide your own laptop to be connected into the system. Oral presentations will be scheduled on the afternoon of the symposium at the discretion of the organizing committee. Changes to the schedule will not be made to accommodate any individual presenters. Each presenter is responsible for keeping their scheduled time. 

Poster presentations should be sized according to the standards imposed by your area of research. All posters must state the names of the student(s) and faculty sponsor(s) on the back of the poster. Posters will be displayed for up to two hours during which time you must be present to discuss your work. Posters should either be freestanding or you must provide means to support the poster (e.g. easel). In addition to posters representing research from specific colleges, the symposium also welcomes posters detailing civic engagement projects or those that involve forging connections between students, the university, and the community.

Studio art includes works from the fields of ceramics, sculpture, photography, painting, or other forms of visual communication. Art must be mounted, matted, framed, or otherwise displayed in a professional manner. You must be present for a two-hour period to discuss your work. Performing art is any musical or theatrical performance, no more than 15 minutes in length. The performance will be recorded and presented as a viewing rather than performed live, so you must specify a description of equipment needed to view the recording.  Please note these requirements when submitting an application and abstract. You will be required to be present for a two-hour session to discuss your work while it is being presented.

Studio and Performing Art Judging Criteria

If accepted your abstract will be included in the symposium's published program. Your abstract should reflect the quality of your work as a scholar. Please work closely with your faculty sponsor to produce an abstract that exemplifies academic excellence.

If you are selected as a winner in the oral or poster competition, your paper/poster will be published as part of the symposium's online anthology. You must submit a copy of your final paper/poster to Symposium@uafs.edu no later than May 1. This gives you sufficient time after the symposium to revise and finalize your paper/poster based on questions and comments you received as part of your presentation evaluation. The paper should be saved as a Word document (.doc) using the style guidelines of your particular discipline (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.). If you are unable to create a Word document, please contact Jessica Martin at 479-788-7154 for assistance.

If you are considering presenting research that involves working with individuals or groups of people or distributing surveys, you must complete the procedure for submitting a research proposal with a copy of the Request for Human Subject Consent Form that will be distributed to each participant in a survey. Each chief investigator is responsible for protecting the rights of participants in the study, and participant should not feel coerced to participate. All research procedures are outlined on the IRB webpage.