Research projects may still be in progress at the time of abstract submission. It is not necessary to have final results or conclusions at the time of presentation. We recommend that you discuss your project with your faculty mentor to confirm your project will be ready for presenting in a poster format by the conference date.

Due to space limitations, each undergraduate researcher is encouraged to only submit one abstract for consideration to the TTU URC. Multiple abstract submissions will only be considered in special circumstances and with pre-approval from the Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences.

No, each person must present individually. If multiple people worked on the project they can all present on it, but must do so individually. Each person must submit an abstract to present. We expect their abstracts to be similar, but they cannot submit the same abstract multiple times.

All undergraduate students currently enrolled at an institution of higher education are eligible to present at the conference. 

A poster presentation is a visual display of your work where you will interact with conference participants in a large group setting. Conference posters should be 4'x4' or smaller.

Registered attendees are invited, but not required, to participate in as many conference activities as desired. 

Presenters will be expected to stand with their posters throughout their entire session. Business casual or business professional dress is recommended for presentations and throughout the conference. 

Family and friends are welcome to attend the conference. However, guests that would like to participate in any RSVP events will need to register for the conference.

Faculty, staff, and graduate students from the TTU system may serve as a reviewer. Those interested in serving as a reviewer should complete the reviewer registration form.

Preliminary findings are fine – we accept posters for research in all stages.

This page has guidelines and links to our two rubrics (note: commercialization is an optional category your students would need to opt into)

We encourage each student to compose their own abstract, but we absolutely understand that multiple students may be literally working on the same activities in some research groups. We will not be rejecting abstracts for plagiarizing another submission to our conference.

We don't have any prohibitions against submitting abstracts that are already under review elsewhere—just please make sure that presenting at our conference under that abstract won't open them up to any issues with their outside presentation/publication opportunities.

Our spring conference is only poster presentations. We have a fall symposium where students have an opportunity to give short oral presentations that more closely mirror paper sessions.

Poster sessions are 90 minutes long. This year, we will have sessions on Tuesday, April 9, and Wednesday, April 10. Please note that due to the size of the conference, we cannot accept student requests for particular days/sessions.

We will provide each student with a letter from the Office of the Provost designating any absences for presenting at the conference as excused absences for an official TTU activity.

This year the URC will be at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion. Stay tuned for parking information.