Forms and Guidelines
- The student abstract deadline for the 2008 Hayes Forum has passed.
*The theme "Making Ohio the Heart of Discovery" is not factored in the judging of any portion of the forum and all forms of creative work and research are welcome.*
Background
Now in its 22nd year, the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum is co-sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students, the Graduate School, and the Office of Research. Its purposes are to:
- Provide a significant professional development experience for OSU graduate students;
- Encourage graduate students to share their research with the academic community;
- Recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship within the University; and
- Facilitate exchange between students, faculty, administration, and the public.
Students enrolled in any area of graduate study at The Ohio State University are invited to participate.
Eligibility
- All graduate students in good standing with the Graduate School and enrolled for Winter and Spring Quarters 2008 in a degree-granting program are eligible to participate.
- The individual submitting the abstract must be its primary author: the research must both be based on substantive ideas of the graduate student and be a direct product of his or her work.
- Students who participated in a previous Forum are eligible to re-enter (whether or not a prize was received); however, they must be presenting different research or a different aspect of the same research.
Process
- Applicants will initially prepare a short abstract of their presentation (250-500) words and submit it with their application.
- These applications will be reviewed by faculty volunteers, and the highest-scoring applicants in each academic area will be invited to participate in the forum.
- Those applicants accepted to the forum will prepare a short paper (maximum 10 pages, not including figures or references) on their presentation and submit it approximately three weeks prior to the forum.
- The presentation judges will review the papers in the weeks leading up to the forum and then attend the presentations on the day of the Forum. Rankings will be determined based on the judges' impression of both the paper and the presentation.
- Papers placing first, second, and third in their category, as well as the first-place poster, will be expected to provide a paper for inclusion in the OSU Knowledge Bank.
Prizes will be awarded in each area for the top three presenters/performers in the oral presentation/performance/exhibition categories; and for the top poster, as follows:
- First Place Presentation: $350 + $500 Travel Grant
- Second Place Presentation: $200 + $250 Travel Grant
- Third Place Presentation: $150
- First Place Poster: $200 + $300 Travel Grant
- Second Place Poster: $100
- Third Place Poster: $75
The travel grant is to support the presentation of the research at an academic/professional conference. Cash awards will be disbursed through OSU Paychecks pending the submission of a compliant proceedings paper. Taxes will be withheld from the award money as required by the IRS.
Past Research Forum Winners