Announcing the Twenty-Second Annual
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION

SF State Campus Competition
February 25-March 7, 2008

CSU System-wide Competition
May 2-3, 2008
California State University, East Bay

The Twenty-Second Annual California State University Student Research Competition to be held at California State University, East Bay, is intended to recognize outstanding student accomplishments in research throughout the CSU system in the following categories:

• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Biological and Agricultural Sciences
• Business, Economics, and Public Administration
• Creative Arts and Design (creative projects are welcome)
• Education
• Engineering and Computer Science
• Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
• Humanities and Letters
• Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Interdisciplinary

WHO MAY APPLY

Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at San Francisco State University, as well as alumni/alumnae who received their degrees in spring, summer, or fall 2007 are eligible. The research presented should be appropriate to the student’s discipline and career goals. Proprietary research is excluded. Research involving human or animal subjects must have an approved protocol on file with the Office for the Protection of Human and Animal Subjects.

HOW TO APPLY

• Applicants may access the Student Delegate Registration Form and the Student Research Competition Procedures and Guidelines on the Graduate Studies website at www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy.
• Applicants must submit an original and five copies of both the registration form and a written summary of the research, not to exceed five double-spaced pages. Use fonts and margins that ensure legibility. Appendices (bibliography, graphs, photographs, or other supplementary materials) may not exceed three pages. Materials are due in the Division of Graduate Studies office (ADM 250) by Monday, February 18, 2008.
• Applicants will make an oral presentation of their research to be scheduled on Feb 25–March 7, 2008 before a panel of judges and an audience. Entries will be judged on clarity of purpose, appropriateness of methodology, interpretation of results, value of the research or creative activity, ability of the presenter to articulate the research or creative activity, organization of the material presented, and presenter's ability to handle questions from the panel of judges.

SF State will provide funds for travel for students selected to represent SF State at the system-wide competition to be held at CSU East Bay, on May 2 and 3, 2008. If you have questions about the Competition, please contact Dr. Lisa White (lwhite@sfsu.edu; ADM 250, 405-4211).

Application Deadline: Monday, February 18, 2008