2016 Forward Thinking Poster Session and Colloquy

Save the Date:	Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., reception to follow
Location:	Poster Session and Colloquies - AMU Ballrooms, 3rd Floor
Hosted by:	Office of Research and Innovation and Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Intent to Participate

*2016 Forward Thinking ~Preliminary Guidelines~

The goal of this event is to celebrate and encourage research on campus. We encourage research projects from across the University, with the following objectives:

Showcase prospective faculty or student-led research projects and the ways in which faculty and students work together either directly or in a mentorship capacity.
Provide opportunities for researchers to interact with peers in other disciplines, form interdisciplinary partnerships, and plan new projects.
Encourage development of research and professional skills for undergraduate and graduate students (e.g., planning research projects, preparing presentations and posters, presenting research to a diverse audience of faculty and student peers).

Projects may also address the following:

Highlight research that is focused on developing solutions to the world’s most pressing social or environmental problems; for consideration of a social innovation award.
Demonstrate that projects have an international component that is fully integrated into the research and plays a critical role in project success; for consideration of an international research award.

At traditional conferences, posters, papers and presentations are used to convey the results of work that has been completed. Although presenters at such events often outline possible directions for future research, the emphasis is on a research plan that has already been executed and on results already achieved.

Presentations at this event focus on projects that will take place within the next 6-12 months. The projects being presented should still be in progress and not complete. Presenters might have preliminary results, or they might not. A project being presented may be the next logical step in a well-established research program, or it may explore an entirely new path. Indeed, posters and presentations might well resemble grant proposals.

2015 Forward Thinking Poster Session and Colloquy
December 1, 2015

•RFP
•Colloquy Schedule
•Proceedings (Restricted to campus)
•2015 Winners