Student Research Competition
35th Annual CSULB Student Research Competition
The purpose of the Annual Student Research Competition is to showcase excellence in scholarly research, and highlight creative activity conducted by CSULB undergraduate and graduate students. The Student Research Competition will feature oral presentations to an audience of fellow students, university community members, and a jury of distinguished faculty.
2023 Competition Details
Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled at CSULB, as well as alumni/alumnae who receive their degrees in Fall 2022 are eligible to present. Research and/or creative activities presented should be appropriate to the student’s discipline and career goals. Proprietary research is excluded.
- Register for an SRC Info Session.
- Please fill out the online Proposal Submission online by February 6, 2023 at 11:59pm. If submissions are not submitted prior to theFebruary 6th deadline, they will not be accepted for the Student Research Competition. Students will receive an email confirmation once your submission is complete. Please email any questions to SRC@csulb.edu.
- For those students whose proposals are accepted for presentation, they must be available to present their research in-person and participate in a 5-minute Q&A session with faculty jurors on the day of the event, March 10, 2023.
- Jurors will evaluate each entry (oral presentation plus written summary) based on the following rubric/criteria.
- First-place winners in each category will receive $100.
- Winners will be announced at the SRC award ceremony on March 10, 2023.
- Up to 10 students will be selected from among the first-place winners from the CSULB Student Research Competition. The first-place winners will have an opportunity to compete in the 37th Annual CSU Statewide Student Research Competition to be hosted by San Diego State University from April 28 – April 29, 2023. Those students selected from the CSULB campus event will be expected to present at the Statewide Student Research Competition.
- There is no registration fee for participating in either the campus or statewide competition
- Group paper summaries must include ALL the students’ names along with the title of the presentation.
- The paper summary should not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages in length, not including appendices. Appendices (bibliography, graphs, photographs, or other supplementary materials) should not exceed three (3) pages. File size should not exceed 25mb.
- A student may submit a paper on any academic topic, provided that the student has not previously submitted the same paper to this competition.
- Entrants in the Creative Arts and Design category may enter an audio and/or visual record of a performance they have given or work of art they have created (file size not to exceed 25mb), provided they focus their papers and oral presentations on the historical or cultural context and rationale underlying their interpretation of the subject matter involved.
- Please note that any accomodations must then be identified on the Proposal Submission.
The format, in short, is intended to resemble a professional academic meeting and exactly replicates the setting of the statewide competition. Jurors will evaluate each entry (oral presentation plus written summary) based on the following rubric/criteria (adapted from CSU Statewide Competition).
Each student will submit a proposal prior to the event. On the day of the event (March 10th), presenters will participate in an in-person presentation and 5-minute question and answer session to respond to juror and audience questions.
Papers will be grouped for presentation in the following categories, which will also be used in the statewide competition:
- Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Biological and Agricultural Sciences
- Business, Economics, and Public Administration
- Creative Arts and Design
- Education
- Engineering and Computer Science
- Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
- Humanities and Letters
- Interdisciplinary
- Physical and Mathematical Sciences
The Division of Academic Affairs reserves the right to adjust (i.e., combine or divide) these categories as numbers of submissions necessitate.
Previous Competitions
- 2022 Stateside Winners: Meet our CSU Student Research Competition Winners
- 2022 Event Program (PDF)
- 2022 CSULB Winners
- Kunaal Sarhaya and Cory Arnold – Engineering and Computer Science
- Aleece Hanson – Behavioral and Social Sciences (two winners)
- Katherine Palaeologus – Behavioral and Social Sciences (two winners)
- Makena Pollon – Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
- Nicholas Lozano – Physical and Mathematical Sciences
- Cassandra Jones – Education
- Vaishalee Chaudhary – Humanities and Letters
- Matt Acosta – Biological and Agricultural Sciences (two winners)
- Emma Siegfried - Biological and Agricultural Sciences (two winners)
- 2021 Stateside Winners:
- Creative Arts and Design: Shenaya Yazdani (2nd Place)
- Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences: Diana Pham (2nd Place)
- Behavior, Social Sciences, and Public Administration: Brianna Rios (2nd Place)
- 2021 Event Program (PDF)
- 2021 CSULB Winners:
- Behavioral, Social Sciences, and Public Administration: Brianna Rios
- Biological and Agricultural Sciences: James Chhor
- Business, Economics, and Hospitality Management: Elena Kotanchyan
- Creative Arts and Design: Shenaya Yazdani
- Education: Katherine Lacy
- Engineering and Computer Science: Nelson Minaya
- Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences: Diana Pham
- Humanities and Letters: Kelly Sturgeon
- Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Steven Guillen
- 2020 Stateside Presenters:
- Beda Castillo - Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Nicholas Roy - Business, Economics, and Public Administration
- Briana Stanley - Creative Arts and Design
- Alexander Ordonez - Education
- Jeremy Satterfield - Engineering and Computer Science
- Josh Murillo - Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
- Ricky Lee - Physical and Mathematical Sciences
- 2020 Event Program (PDF)
- 2020 CSULB Winners:
- Olivia Brush - Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Kevin Travis - Biological and Agricultural Sciences
- Nicholas Roy - Business, Economics, and Public Administration
- Briana Stanley - Creative Arts and Design
- Alexander Ordonez - Education
- Jeremy Satterfield - Engineering and Computer Science
- Josh Murillo - Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
- Anastasia Nesbitt - Humanities and Letters
- Ricky Lee - Physical and Mathematical Sciences
- 2019 Stateside Winners:
- Avery Amerson – First place in Humanities and Letters
- Yohanna Brown – First place in Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Phillippe Ly – Second place in Physical and Mathematical Sciences
- Jennifer Montepeque Diaz – First place in Education
- 2019 Event Program (PDF)
- 2019 CSULB Winners:
- Keelin Dunn - Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Yohanna Brown - Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Alyssa Clevenstine - Biological and Agricultural Sciences
- Kristen Way - Business, Economics, and Public Administration
- Jennifer Montepeque Diaz - Education
- Subramaniam Seshadri - Engineering and Computer Science
- Alexandra Mazza & Victoria Cimo - Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
- Avery Amerson - Humanities and Letters
- Brenda Villafana, Alexandra Gutierrez, & Scott Lee - Interdisciplinary
- Phillippe Ly & Codi Pace - Physical and Mathematical Sciences
