Virtual Research and Scholarship Symposium 2025

Free to Register and Present

Proposals

The College of Professional Studies at the University of New England is proud to host their third annual Virtual Research and Scholarship Symposium. This is an event for current students and alumni to share their work, while gaining conference and presentation experience. We invite you to share your research, content expertise, and experience through virtual sessions which will be streamed using the Zoom platform on May 2, 2025.

Research proposals are invited that address timely topics and current challenges faced by professionals in their field of study. Proposals will be grounded in best practices, informed by research, and align with the professional development needs of attendees.

Proposal Submission Requirements and Guidelines:

All proposals must include:

Current Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume
- Submit a current (up to date) CV or Resume that includes your education, up to date employment history, and/or research conducted or in progress, publications, and/or volunteer work. While all industries have different standards for resumes or CVs, tips for writing a CV may be found here.
Presentation Proposal Description
- Presentation descriptions should be a maximum of 500 words. Presentation descriptions should be a narrative describing your presentation and include the following:
  1. Title: The title should be informative and pique interest and reflect the essence of your presentation.
  2. Introduction: Introduce your topic, its relevance and significance to your field; in short, set the context for your proposal.
  3. Objectives and goals: Clearly articulate what you aim to achieve.
  4. Theoretical framework: For scholarly proposals, outline the theories or concepts that underpin your argument or research.
  5. Methodology: Detail the methods used in your research, including how data were collected and analyzed.
  6. Preliminary findings: If applicable, present the core results of your research (or the status of your work) or the principal arguments of your analysis.
  7. Significance and contribution: Describe how your proposal advances the field, fills a knowledge gap, presents a new perspective, or discusses a problem of practice.
  8. References: Provide a list of references used for this research study. Please follow the appropriate citation guidelines for your program.

Presenter Parameters

Each presentation will include 15 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A. Often a 15-minute presentation is a deep dive into one part of your study (methods, results, discussion) or ideas for future research. You are welcome to promote your research; however, please limit this to 90 seconds of your 15-minute presentation.

Accepted Proposals

Accepted proposals will be invited to present at the Virtual Research and Scholarship Symposium on May 2, 2025 from 9:00 am – 3:00 PM (EST). All accepted presentations will be 15 minutes pre-recorded, submitted approximately two weeks prior to the conference, with 10 minutes for synchronous/live Q&A following. Researchers who accept the invitation to present will be asked to submit a 250-word (maximum) abstract and a 250-word (maximum) biography.

Eligibility

Proposals will be accepted from students who graduated in May 2024, December 2024 and May 2025.

Proposal Submission Link

Please Submit Your Online Proposal Here

Submissions will close on March 9, 2025. Once submitted, the program review committee will review the application and contact applicants whose proposals have been accepted or not accepted.