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Application

All application materials must be post-marked or delivered to the UCLA Psychology Advising Office by
Friday, March 6th, 2009.

APPLICATION CRITERIA

Student & Project

• Applicants must be enrolled as undergraduate students at a higher education institution.

• The project must cover a psychology topic (or a topic closely related to psychology).

• The project can represent original research or research that is a derivative of another’s original research work (i.e. the work of a faculty or graduate researcher). The student(s) should have contributed significantly to the research that is presented at the conference.

• The research does not have to be completed before the conference. However, at the time of the application deadline, applicants should be able to complete an APA abstract of the research including the research design and methods. Data results and the conclusion do not have to be completed, but projected results and concerns can be addressed in the poster display or oral presentation. Though we expect high quality research topics for this conference, we are flexible with including students who are at different phases in the research process.

• Research thesis, research assistantships, independent research projects, and projects completed during a research methods course (i.e. Psychology 100B) are all possible projects appropriate for this conference. Speak with your faculty advisor to determine whether your project is appropriate.

• Projects can be presented individually or in groups. Groups can have as many as three presenters.

• Additional authors (faculty, graduate students, and additional undergraduate students) should be acknowledged in the abstract even if they are not participating in the conference as presenters.

• Project selection will be based soley on a reading of the submitted abstracts. This will be a blind read, meaning no names or universities will be associated to the abstract. Abstracts will be evaluated on quality and conent.

Faculty Sponsor Criteria

• The sponsor must be Psychology faculty (or faculty in a closely related field) at the presenter’s school.

• The sponsor must be available to assist his/her student(s) with abstract editing and assist with fine-tuning the student’s poster or oral presentation.

• The sponsor must be available to communicate with PURC coordinators regarding his/her student’s progress between March 1st and May 9th .

• Faculty should only sponsor four projects for this conference. If a faculty person chooses to sign more than four applications, he/she should be aware that only the best four may be selected to present at this year’s conference.

• The sponsor should be available to attend the student’s presentation on May 9th.

TIMELINE

Application deadline: Friday, March 6th, 2009

Acceptance notification: Monday, March 30th, 2009

Event Date: Friday, May 8th, 2009

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