CSU Student Research Competition (SRC)
Important Announcement
The CSUEB Student Competitors have been announced! Scroll below to learn more about our contestants and their projects!The California State University Student Research Competition is an annual event that brings together scholars from the 23 campuses of our California State University system. The competition showcases undergraduate and graduate research, scholarship, and creative works by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments. across the 23 campuses.
Current undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent alumni from all academic disciplines can participate. Each year, over 200 students from the 23 CSU campuses submit written papers and make oral presentations before juries of professional experts from major corporations, foundations, public agencies, and universities in California. Students who compete in the CSU Student Research Competition can win $500 for first place and $250 for second place recognition in their session.
2024 Competition Details
38th Annual California State University Student Research Competition
Cal Poly is excited to host the CSU-wide Student Research Competition on April 26 & 27, 2024 in San Luis Obispo!
The California State University Student Research Competition is an annual event that brings together scholars from the 23 campuses of our California State University system. The competition showcases undergraduate and graduate research, scholarship, and creative works by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments. across the 23 campuses.
Current undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent alumni from all academic disciplines can participate. Each year, over 200 students from the 23 CSU campuses submit written papers and make oral presentations before juries of professional experts from major corporations, foundations, public agencies, and universities in California. Students who compete in the CSU Student Research Competition can win $500 for first place and $250 for second place recognition in their session.
Each CSU campus appoints a campus coordinator and develops its own procedures for selecting student delegates to the system-wide competition. Interested students should contact their campus coordinator for more information. Only those students endorsed by the campus coordinator can enter the system-wide competition.
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2024 competition presentation schedule
General Event Schedule for the CSU-Wide Student Research Competition
| DATE | TIME | WHAT'S HAPPENING? | LOCATION |
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| Thursday 4/25/24 | 6-9pm | Downtown SLO Farmers' Market | Higuera Street |
| 6:30pm | Info Session: An Introduction to the Health Professions Track of the California Pre-Doctoral Program | 43A-150 (new location) | |
| Friday 4/26/24 | 9-9:30am | Field trip #1 to Cal Poly Hot House in downtown San Luis Obispo. Limited to the first 15 people. SIGN UP FOR 9AM NOW. | 872 Higuera St. SLO |
| 9:30-10am | Field trip #2 to Cal Poly Hot House in downtown San Luis Obispo. Limited to the first 15 people. SIGN UP FOR 9:30AM NOW. | 872 Higuera St. SLO | |
| 10am-3pm | Registration/Check-in | 197-104 (Bonderson High Bay) | |
| 10am-12pm | Continental Breakfast | 7-01 (ATL Lobby) | |
| 11:15am | Opening Remarks | 7-02 (ATL Auditorium) | |
| 12-4pm | Student Presentations | Various (see schedule) | |
| 1:30-2pm | Info Session: Developing Future Faculty Programs within the California State University Office of the Chancellor | 13-110 | |
| 2-2:30pm | Info Session: An Introduction to the Health Professions Track of the California Pre-Doctoral Program | 13-110 | |
| 3:30-5pm | Networking & Community-Building Event at Mustang Lanes = bowling with ice cream, including vegan ice cream! Open to everyone participating in or supporting someone to participate in the CSU SRC! Join for some or all of the time. | 65-118 (University Union, UU) | |
| Saturday 4/27/24 | 7:30-9:30am | Registration/Check-in | 197-104 (Bonderson High Bay) |
| 7:30-9:30am | Continental Breakfast | 7-01 (ATL Lobby) | |
| 8am-12pm | Student Presentations | Various (see schedule) | |
| 10-10:30am | Info Session: Developing Future Faculty Programs within the California State University Office of the Chancellor | 192-204 | |
| 10:30-11am | Info Session: An Introduction to the Health Professions Track of the California Pre-Doctoral Program | 192-204 | |
| 12-1:15pm | Lunch | Engineering Plaza (near Bldgs 7, 192 & 197) | |
| 1:30-2:30pm | Awards | 3-213 (Business Silo) | |
| More to do while you are here! | |||
| 4/26-4/27/24 | 7pm | Kapwa: Pilipino Cultural Night 35 (at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande; tickets will sell out) | Get tickets now! |
| 4/26-4/28/24 | Check out the Design Village Competition hosted at Cal Poly | How to get to the Cal Poly Design Village | |
| During your visit | Explore the self-guided Indigenous Walking Tour that highlights the Indigenous history of the yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini (ytt) Northern Chumash tribe on the land that the Cal Poly campus resides on. Read the overview, Cal Poly news story and coverage by Mustang News. | ||
Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled at any CSU campus and alumni/alumnae who received their degrees in winter, spring, summer or fall 2023 or winter 2024 are eligible.
Note: You are welcome to submit projects completed with a faculty or staff member. You may also submit projects with multiple student authors.
Please note: An individual student is limited to the submission of two projects to the 2024 competition - one as primary author and one as a secondary author or two as secondary author.
Presentations from all disciplines are welcome. The ten disciplinary categories are as follows:
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There will be separate undergraduate and graduate divisions for each category (unless a division has four or fewer entrants, in which case the divisions may be combined).
The research/creative activity presented should be appropriate to the student’s discipline and career goals. Proprietary research is excluded. All research must comply with all applicable policies and regulations. Research that involves human or animal subjects must have appropriate institutional review.
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2024 CSU Student Research Competitions.
CSU East Bay students that are interested in applying to participate in the CSU Student Research Competition next year will need to submit a 1-page project description to the CSR. To submit your research summary for consideration or for more information contact csr@csueastbay.edu.
Students will present their work orally before a jury and an audience. Students will compete by discipline category and, typically, by division (undergraduate/graduate).
Student presenters will have 10 minutes for an oral presentation of their work and five minutes to listen and respond to juror and audience questions. It is expected that a student will not make a presentation by simply reading directly from the written summary. In cases in which entries are multi-author, we recommend that oral presentations be made by no more than two students, with any additional group members, as relevant, responding to juror and audience questions.
All entrants may use audiovisual materials as appropriate, and presenters are encouraged to use delivery techniques that promote interaction with the audience.
Entrants in the Creative Arts and Design category may present an audio and/or visual recording of a performance they have given or a work they have created; their oral presentation should focus on the rationale and historical context underlying their interpretation of the material.
Each entry (oral presentation plus written summary) will be judged on the following:
- Clarity of purpose
- Appropriateness of methodology
- 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 address questions from the jury and general audience
Student questions should be directed to the Center for Student Research. Please e-mail csr@csueastbay.edu or telephone (510) 885-7335.