We are a student-focused program that encourages you to take more control of your academic and professional development experiences.
The CSR-SP’s primary purpose is to facilitate your engagement in faculty-mentored outside-of-the-classroom work on a research or creative activity project related to your academic discipline. Our secondary purpose is to help you develop academic and professional skills that will positively impact not only your scholarly activity work, but also, your academic and professional learning and performance. Intended outcomes of active student participation in the CSR Scholar’s Program are: increased student retention and success, and increased intention toward, and entry into, graduate programs for CSR Scholars. If selected to the CSR Scholar's Program, you may be supported via:
CSR-SP selection is competitive, but not GPA- nor discipline-bound. We encourage students at all academic levels (freshmen through graduate students) and levels of academic preparation to apply! Please note that the application window for the CSR Scholar's Program is open following the end of the current academic year and closes at the end of the first week of Fall semester.
Our office is location in SF-335.
Currently our office is not open for in-person visits. We are offering Zoom office hours with Michelle, our program coordinator, Mondays and Wednesdays from 10am-12pm and the link is here. If Michelle is with someone you will be put in the waiting room until she is ready for you. If these times do not work for you, please email your availability to csr@csueastbay.edu and we will work on setting up a meeting.
Michelle Hobbs-Helmus is our Program Coordinator (and Cal State East Bay alumna). Michelle handles all CSR general inquiries, runs our CSR office, sets up and oversees all of our CSR events, and handles all of our Scholar paperwork and all things budget. To schedule a meeting with Michelle Hobbs-Helmus, please email the CSR (csr@csueastbay.edu).
Dr. Jenny O is our Director. Dr. O chases down grants and other funding sources to support our Scholars, completes Center reports for our various funding agencies, creates all CSR programming, policies, and curriculum (in consultation with Michelle), recruits faculty and other guest speakers for our workshops, delivers some of our workshops, reviews all CSR Scholar grant submissions, and meets regularly with Scholars 1-on-1 to provide assistance on CSR projects, academic performance, graduate schools, and life after college. To schedule a meeting with Dr. O, please use this link.
The student research symposium will be held virtually April 16-23, 2021. We will host a live event Friday, April 16 from 12pm to 1pm and then will have a program with all student videos listed for anyone to watch and comment on. Video submissions are open to ALL students that are engaged in a research or creative activity project. To be included in the symposium you must register by April 9, 2021 with your video link. For more info click below to get to the Symposium webpage. Read More
Cal Poly Pomona will be virtually hosting the CSU Statewide Student Research Competition April 30-May 1, 2021. Please check out their website for more info on this year's competition(https://www.cpp.edu/cppsrc/csu-src/index.shtml). The CSR is currently accepting student submissions to be considered for selection to the 2021 Cal State East Bay CSU Student Research Competition team. Undergraduate or graduate students as well as alumni/alumnae who receive their degrees in Spring, Summer, or Fall 2020, are eligible to submit. 5-page research summaries can be emailed for consideration to csr@csueastbay.edu. For more info please go to our CSU SRC info page linked below. Read More
All CSR Scholars are required to present a research or creative activity presentation (regardless of the phase at which you are at in your given research project*) in the Cal State East Bay Student Research Symposium (SRS) held virtually in Spring 2021. This event is a great opportunity to share your research with other Cal State East Bay students, faculty, and administrators and staff! Last year, we had approximately 250 participants and attendees!
Important details:
For the time being, please begin discussions with your faculty mentors about getting started on your research or creative activity presentations!