Call For Applications: York University Undergraduate Research Fair @matrixthinker @yorkuniversity

York University is currently accepting applicationf or the 2017 Undergraduate Research Fair.  The annual Undergraduate Research Fair will take place March 1, 2017 (11am to 1:30pm) in the Scott Library Collaboratory (2nd Floor). 

Applications open Dec. 19, 2016. Apply early!
Applications close Jan. 25, 2017.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

There are two ways to participate in the Undergraduate Research Fair:

• submit an application to present a poster (based on a 2016 research project or essay you did for a York course) at the Undergraduate Research Fair on March 1, 2017. If accepted, you’ll be invited to a workshop to guide you in designing and presenting a poster for an academic conference. Click here for eligibility requirements to participate in the Fair poster session OR
• submit an application to display art or design work in the Scott Library’s Art Walk (Mar.–Apr., 2017). Click here for eligibility requirements to display this work.

This is a juried Fair and applications are reviewed by a selection committee. Applications for poster sessions (to be presented at the Research Fair) or for art or design work (for display in the Scott Library Art Walk) must be based on work submitted for a York U credit course in the 2016 calendar year.

Successful poster session applicants prepare a poster and present their research project simultaneously in a poster session at the Fair. Successful art or design work applicants display their work for two months, beginning late February 2017 in the Scott Collaboratory Art Walk.

To submit a poster session application, complete the Poster Session application form and write an abstract (summary) based on your best research project/paper/essay that was submitted for a York undergraduate credit course between January 2016 and December 2016. Your abstract should include: background (why?); objective (what is the aim of the project?); methods or approach (how?); results (what is the outcome?); discussion or significance (why is it important?). Please see the complete eligibility requirements for poster sessions.

The Undergraduate Research Fair is geared to a multidisciplinary audience. Participants in the Research Fair poster sessions are asked to use plain language to describe their project. That is, the wording, structure, and design of posters, abstracts, and presentations must allow people from other disciplines and other communities to understand the project easily.

To submit art or design work for display in the Scott Library Art Walk, complete the Art or Design Work application form, Include a description of the piece and an optional artist or designer statement. To be eligible, the work must have been submitted for a York undergraduate credit course between January 2016 and December 2016. Please see the complete eligibility requirements for artwork.

SUBMISSION:

For detailed submission guidelines please visit http://undergradresearchfair.blog.yorku.ca/