Registration and Application
Due April 18, 2025
All UCSB undergraduates who conducted research in the past Academic year are invited to apply for Colloquium.
Groups should submit only one application per poster they intend to display.
Students must apply by April 18, 2024. URCA Grant recipients are only guaranteed a spot if they submit the form by the April 18 deadline.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
Due to an overwhelming interest and growth in undergraduate research at UCSB, we have split the Colloquium into two separate sessions. Students will be assigned according to the major listed in their application.
Session A: Life and Psychological Sciences
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
This session will feature students in Psychological and Brain Sciences and those in the Biological Sciences.
Session B: Technology, Society, and Culture
12:00 AM - 2:00 PM
This session will be for students in the Social Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts, Engineering, Maths, and Physical Sciences.
Poster Guidelines
Posters must be 2 ft. wide and 3 ft. tall. (24” x 36” portrait or 7200 x 10800 pixels). All page sizes should be set to 2x3 feet as the very first step of setting up your poster file. The minimum resolution for posters is 200 dpi, though 300 dpi is preferred.
If your project requires additional space allocation or a table, you must have this approved by the URCA Office before April 14.
Poster Printing
URCA Grant recipients who elected at the time of application to earmark funds for poster printing will be contacted directly to submit poster files
Event Structure and Procedures
Event day Set-Up
If you independently had your poster printed:
1. Bring your 24x36 poster to Corwin Pavilion in the half hour before your assigned session
2. Check the program for your assigned spot
3. Take four pushpins from one of the tables and secure the poster to your assigned spot.
If you had your poster funded and printed through the URCA Office, we will retrieve and set it up on your behalf, all you have to do is show up for the event.
Colloquium
Students who are available at this time are asked to stay by their posters to discuss their research with guests. It might help you to practice a 30-second elevator pitch that you can use to explain what your research is about.
There is no dress code, but many students prefer to dress in professional or business casual attire according to the norms of their discipline.
Students may take their posters down at the conclusion of their session. Posters left behind can be picked up at the URCA Office in the Library during office hours for the remainder of the quarter. Posters that are not picked up by the end of the quarter will be considered property of the URCA Office and may be destroyed or used for instructional purposes.