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Information Session: Get Started with Undergraduate Research!

Discover what's wildly possible with undergraduate research! Explore the opportunities available for involvement in research at the University of Kentucky. Learn how to find research opportunities, connect with a faculty mentor, and get answers to your questions at an Information Session. This event is hosted by the Undergraduate Research Ambassador team. Open to all students! SESSION DATES:

Ambassador Tabling

Chat with a Research Ambassador! Have questions about how to get started in research? Looking for research opportunities or summer fellowships? Stop by and talk with an ambassador. Fall 2024 Tabling Dates: Sept. 4  @ 11am - 1pm; Gatton Student Center Social Staircase Oct. 9  @ 11am - 1pm; Gatton Student Center Social Staircase Nov. 6  @ 4 - 6pm; Gatton Student Center Grand Ballroom 

Call for Posters: Sustainability Research Poster Competition

Sustainability Research Poster Competition Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit an abstract and poster in a new sustainability research poster competition held in conjunction with the annual UK Sustainability Showcase on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from 5:00  - 7:30 PM.

Call for Abstracts: Posters-at-the-Capitol

Posters-at-the-Capitol (P@C) is a one-day, annual event held to educate Kentucky State Legislators of the importance of its undergraduate research and scholarly work. Student discoveries impact many issues that affect our economy both stateside and globally.   Posters-at-the-Capitol requires abstracts to be no more than 300 words. Call for Abstracts opens September 1, 2024 Event Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025

5-Minute Fast Track: Registration Opens Student Oral Research Competition + Cash Prizes

1 Slide. 5 Minutes. Outstanding research! The 5-Minute Fast Track is an academic research competition that cultivates students’ presentation and research communication skills and challenges them to describe their research within five minutes. Exciting oral research competition that represents the diversity of scholarly work at UK and awards cash prizes. IMPORTANT DATES Registration Opens: September 1, 2024 @ 12:01am

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