Applications for Research Day are Now Closed
About Student Research Days
Douglas College Student Research Days is an annual event where students showcase their hard work and discoveries from individual or group research projects.
Students can submit work and win a prize in one of three categories.
Proposal
Apply in this category if you have planned a research project but have not yet collected and analyzed data OR if your project data are primarily secondary in nature, e.g., not data arising from your own original research. Submissions should take the form of a poster. This category is appropriate for students who have taken research methods courses whose summative assignment is a research proposal or other research project that does not involve collecting original research data. You will be invited to explain your proposal / secondary research project to the judges.
Poster
Apply in this category if you have designed a research project and collected and analyzed data. Submissions should take the form of a poster. You will be invited to explain your project and findings to the judges. Posters should measure 48" x 36".
Panel
Apply in this category if you have written a research essay. You will be invited to present a fifteen-minute version of your essay in a conference-style panel presentation.
Prizes in each category:
- First place $500
- Second place $300
- Third place $150
Key Dates 2024
- March 11: Applications for Research Day deadline, due by 11:59 p.m.
- Applications are currently under review. Successful candidates will be contacted via email with further event instructions.
- April 9 (12 - 3PM): Student Research Day at Coquitlam Campus
- April 11 (12 - 3PM) : Student Research Day at New Westminster Campus
Eligibility
- Douglas College student at the time that the research was conducted or the proposal prepared. We will be accepting students from the Summer 2023, Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 term.
- Faculty sponsor must be aware of your project and sign off on your application form
- Must be able to present on one of the Student Research Days events
Judging Criteria
Judging criteria for proposal posters:
- Grasp of topic and the research process
- Poster formatting
- Presentation style
Judging criteria for panel presentations:
- Presentation style
- Originality and exigency of project
- Content of research essay
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Research Poster “How-To” Guides
For help with planning, organizing and designing your research poster, visit the the link to our own DC guide to student research posters: Library’s Student Research Posters Presentation guide.
Other useful guides include:
- Tips for Sharing Research Findings with Diverse Audiences (Times Higher Education)
- Academic Poster Resources: Accessibility (Yale University)
- Poster Presentation Examples (University of Maryland, Baltimore)
- Dealing with Nervousness in class presentations (Douglas College Learning Centre)
- Poster Basics: NYU Libraries (NYU Libraries)
Questions?
Last Year's Winners
First place - Anna Parrish (Applied Community Studies)
“Transgender Recreation Engagement Experiences in the Lower Mainland”
Second place - Kiera Hadden (Science and Technology)
“Water Quality Monitoring Methods for the Port Moody Ecological Society”
Third place - Cara Paley (Science and Technology)
“The Impact of Mirrors on the Female Dancers' Body Image”