MidSURE

2025 Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (MidSURE)

The 15th annual MidSURE will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility and online at Symposium by ForagerOne. MidSURE 2025 will be a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual poster presentations. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

Event Details

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MidSURE provides an opportunity for students involved in research and creative activities at Michigan State and other institutions in Michigan to share their work with their peers and the MSU community.

Next Forum

Mid-SURE 2025

The 2025 Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences will be held on July 23 at the STEM Teaching & Learning Facility and Online

Registration is now open. Please visit https://mystory.msu.edu/ and fill out the forms.
You will be prompted to enter your MSU Net ID. Registration closes June 18, 11:59 PM

Students: Save a presentation slot during Priority Registration! Category and modality choices are limited after Priority Registration closes. Late Registration begins Thursday, June 19.

Abstracts/Proposals do not need to be complete at the time of registration. Final edits to MidSURE registrations are due Tuesday, July 8 at 11:59 PM.

Visitors, mentors, family, and friends are welcome to attend the forum, and registration is not required.

Eligible Presenters:

  • Current MSU undergraduates
  • MSU December 2024 and May 2025 graduates
  • Visiting undergraduate students participating in summer research programs
  • Undergraduate researchers from other Michigan institutions
  • High School students participating in MSU sponsored research programs

Types of research and creative activity accepted:

  • Preliminary
  • In Progress
  • Completed Projects
  • Course-based Research
  • Internship/REU
  • Education Abroad
  • Community-based Participatory Research
  • Work conducted during any semester (fall, spring, summer) or over multiple semesters
  • Presented at other venues (college/department forums, off-campus conferences, etc.)
  • Any stage of the research process (literature review, method development, etc.)
  • Other types that we missed on this list!

Click on the link that follows for more details about poster presentation requirements.


Previous Forums

Mid-SURE 2024

STEM Teaching & Learning Facility and Online

The 14th annual Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE) brought together undergraduate students from diverse academic disciplines to share their research and creative activities with the university community. Over 350 undergraduate students from over 100 different institutions participated in Mid-SURE 2024. These students were mentored by more than 300 faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and government or industry researchers. Pre-recorded presentations from the online portion of the event are available at symposium.foragerone.com/midsure2024

Resources

Event Photos

Mid-SURE 2023

STEM Teaching & Learning Facility and Online

The 13th annual Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE) brought together undergraduate students from diverse academic disciplines to share their research and creative activities with the university community. Approximately 330 undergraduate students from more than 100 different institutions participated in Mid-SURE 2023. These students were mentored by more than 350 faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and government or industry researchers. Pre-recorded presentations from the online portion of the event are available at symposium.foragerone.com/mid-sure2023

Resources

Mid-SURE 2023 Photo Album

Mid-SURE 2022

STEM Teaching and Learning Facility and Online

The 12th annual Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE) brought together undergraduate students from diverse academic disciplines to share their research and creative activities with the university community. Nearly 400 undergraduate students from more than 110 different institutions participated in Mid-SURE 2022. These students were mentored by more than 360 faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and government or industry researchers. Pre-recorded presentations from the online portion of the event are available here.

Program Book Addendum

Mid-SURE 2022 Addendum

Mid-SURE 2021

Symposium by ForagerOne

The 11th annual Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE) brought together undergraduate students from diverse academic disciplines to share their research and creative activities with the university community. A total of 342 undergraduate students from more than 115 different institutions participated in Mid-SURE 2021. These students were mentored by more than 325 faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and government or industry researchers. Pre-recorded presentations are available at symposium.foragerone.com/midsure2021

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