2025 Call for Abstracts
The University at Buffalo’s Undergraduate Research Conference is an exciting platform for students to present faculty-supervised research to an audience drawn from all over the nation.
This year, we are excited to invite student poster and oral presentations around the following themes:
- Building Equity and Stewarding Change
- Health, Wellness and Empowered Communities
- Innovating Through the Humanities
- Performance and Social Science Research
- STEM, Technologies and Design Innovation
By framing your projects within these interdisciplinary lenses, you will have the opportunity to join engaging conversations.
Instructions on how to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be sent directly to program directors and student attendees upon completion of conference registration. We encourage you to submit your abstract in advance.
Abstracts should be 150-200 words. This word count limit does not include the presentation title, student name, faculty mentor name, and one to two references if needed. Note that abstracts will be displayed on the Whova platform. In consideration of environmental sustainability, a printed "Proceedings Book" will not be published.
When preparing your poster and oral presentation submissions, please consider which theme aligns most closely with the focus of your work. You will be prompted to indicate the associated topic when you register to present.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Presenter Registration | July 14 |
| Presenter Abstracts | July 14 |
| Poster Information | July 14 |
Poster Presentations
Poster presentations will be held on Friday, July 25, 2025, simultaneously with the Graduate School Opportunities Fair!
Accepted posters will be assigned to one of two groups:
- Group #1: 4-4:45 p.m. (set up between 3:45-4 p.m.)
- Group #2: 5-5:45 p.m. (set up between 4:45- 5 p.m.)
Note: Each presenter will have an assigned area to mount their poster. A 36" high x 48" wide trifold poster board with mounting clips will be provided to each presenter. We will not be able to accommodate posters larger than 36" high x 48" wide. Students will receive specific instructions by email prior to the conference.
Oral Presentations
Oral presentations will be assigned 15-minute timeslots. Presenters will have 12 minutes to present their research using a PowerPoint presentation and three minutes for questions and answers. A professional staff member will moderate each oral presentation to help manage time, facilitate questions and answers, and maintain professional decorum. The conference staff will assign presentation times.
Presenters will be divided into one of three sessions:
- Session One: Friday, July 25, 2025, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
- Session Two: Friday, July 25, 2025, 1:45-3:45 p.m.
- Session Three: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
If a student has a commitment that would not permit them to present during a certain time, program staff should email ugconf-research@buffalo.edu. Late requests may not be guaranteed.