Hayes Graduate Research Forum - Apply now!

Oct. 28, 2019

Do you have research you’d like to share? The 34th Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum will be held February 28, 2020. The Hayes Forum is an interdisciplinary event that showcases graduate student research across the full range of graduate degree programs and promotes fruitful exchanges between students, faculty, the administration, and the public. Abstract submissions will be accepted from October 14—November 22. Cash prizes, totaling more than $14,000, will be awarded to the top-judged presentations in each academic area. Visit cgs.osu.edu and click the “Hayes Forum” tab for more information, or click here. Contact CGS Vice President Libby Bauman(.193) with questions.

Please note the abstract guidelines:

  1. You must be the sole author of your abstract's text, though the research may have been conducted collaboratively. 
  2. Applications must be individual. You cannot submit an application in more than 1 person's name.
  3. If selected for presentation, you must be the person to present your research. You cannot ask someone else to present on your behalf. You also cannot make joint presentations.
  4. Students may only submit one proposal in total and only to one oral academic area. Students' work will be evaluated by professionals from that general academic area, so proposals need to be understood by those in a fairly broad range of related fields. Minimize complex and esoteric language that may not be understood by your judges. The ability to explain complex material in a clear and convincing way is part of the judges' consideration in evaluating your proposal.
  5. Do not include any information that could be used to identify you, such as your name, your advisor's name, or your department in the abstract file. Papers are judged by a blind review process. Any application that does not meet this criterion may be disqualified.
  6. Abstract submissions must be approved by the faculty member who is supervising your research.
  7. The abstract must be typed (10-12 point font only) and single-spaced.
  8. Margins must be no less than 1 inch on all sides (top, right, left and the bottom of the page).
  9. At the top of the page, please write the title of the paper in the center. 
  10. Abstracts should be no more than 1000 words and no longer than 1 page. This excludes references and citations.
  11. Abstracts must not include any tables, figures, or illustrations.
  12. You should include the following information in the abstract: (a) Purpose of the study/piece; (b) Research method; (c) Findings or Predicted Findings; and (d) Implications. These categories may need to be adjusted to fit your particular research and the scholarly traditions of your field. For example, you may need to be explicit about the theoretical perspective underlying your research or the data analysis methods you employed.
  13. Abstracts will be evaluated based on the quality of the writing and the research. This includes the purpose of the research, the research design, and procedure, the theoretical and/or practical significance of the findings, the conclusions, and any other content.
  14. Abstracts will be evaluated in the academic area you select from the 10 academic areas. In determining the area in which you will submit your abstract, the primary factor to consider is the subject matter addressed by your research, not necessarily your area of enrollment. For example, a paper from a graduate student in Comparative Studies might be evaluated within Arts, Social and Behavioral Science, or Mathematical and Physical Sciences rather than in Humanities.
  15. It is the applicant's responsibility to double check that they have submitted their abstract to the correct academic area and correct presentation format i.e. oral or poster presentation. Double check that you have chosen the correct academic area and presentation format prior to submission.
  16. The online application (including the submission of an abstract) must be submitted by November 22. The file format must be a .Pdf . We cannot accept applications submitted in any other way.
  17. The name of the file cannot be more than 30 characters and may not contain special characters.  You may use a shortened version of the abstract title for the file name.  The abstract title is NOT limited to 30 characters.  Please ignore any other inconsistent messaging regarding file name and abstract title length.  

Once you have read the abstract guidelines, apply here.