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2025 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF)
The 27th annual UURAF will be held Friday, April 11, 2025 at the Breslin Center and online. UURAF 2025 will be a hybrid event with in-person activities held at the Breslin Center and online activities hosted on Symposium by ForagerOne. Multiple presentation formats will all be on display. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Event Details
See Next Forum box at the bottom of this page.
UURAF (pronounced: you-raff) provides Michigan State undergraduate students with an opportunity to showcase their scholarship and creative activity. Held each spring, UURAF brings together an intellectual community of undergraduate students to share their work with faculty, staff, peers, and external audiences. Participants will gain experience in presenting their research, answer questions about their work from audience members and guests, and receive constructive feedback from judges.
Graduate School Recruitment Fair
Student presenters are encouraged to visit with MSU graduate programs to learn more about future educational, research, and career opportunities.
MSU graduate programs are invited to participate in the graduate school recruitment fair at UURAF. The fair will run concurrently with UURAF presentations. The $100 registration fee includes: lunch for up to two recruiters, a 6-foot table, and validated parking. There is a $30 charge for additional recruiters. RSOs focused on the graduate student experience may register free of charge for a 6-foot table.
Registration will open in January and will close in March. Questions? Contact Heather Dover, Coordinator for Undergraduate Research.
Next Forum
UURAF 2025
The 2025 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum will be held on April 11 at the Breslin Center and Online
Students: Save a presentation slot during Registration! Category and modality choices are limited after registration closes. Late Registration begins Friday, February 14. Last Chance Registration begins Friday, March 21. Registrations received after March 20 will not receive judging. Current MSU undergraduates and December 2024 graduates are eligible to present at UURAF 2025.
Abstracts/Proposals do not need to be complete at the time of registration. Final edits to UURAF registrations are due Thursday, March 20 at 11:59 PM.
Visitors, mentors, family, and friends are welcome to attend the forum, and registration is not required.
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 links that follow for more details about poster, oral, performance, exhibit, film presentation requirements.
Schedule of Events
April 10 - 11
Online Poster, Exhibit, Film, Oral, and Performance Presentations | Asynchronous
April 11
Breslin Center- Onsite Poster and Showcase Presentations
- Graduate School Fair
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
What to Expect at UURAF
There is a great deal of activity happening throughout the event. An information desk is located on the Concourse and is a good resource for answering questions during the in-person event. If you have technical issues related to the online event site, please use the chat box. For online presentation related questions, contact the Undergraduate Research Office.
Get acquainted with the event space and flow of your day with our UURAF Visitor Guide - link coming soon.
Tranquility Room
A tranquility room will be available at any time during UURAF for attendees to pray, meditate, or find a quiet place away from the flurry of activity during the event.
Accommodations
Michigan State University is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. Direct requests for accommodations to Heather Dover, Coordinator for Undergraduate Research. Requests received after March 31, 2025 will be honored whenever possible.
At least one person in this setting reports chemical or scent sensitivity that may adversely impact their participation. We therefore request your cooperation in making this a scent-controlled environment by refraining from the use of scented products whenever possible.
Prizes
First-place presentations in each category section receive a $100 prize (group presentations of more than 4 people will evenly split $400). Winners will be celebrated during the UURAF Awards Ceremony on April 21 from 3:30-4:45 PM at the Kellogg Center. Undergraduate Research Mentors of the Year will also be honored during the awards ceremony.
All presenters must complete Level 1 Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training by Thursday, March 20 to be eligible for awards. Level 1 RCR training includes the following modules: Introduction, Authorship, Research Misconduct, and Plagiarism.
UURAF Grand Prize
All first-place award recipients are eligible to submit their work for consideration for the UURAF Grand Prize, a $500 award. A total of two grand prizes will be awarded to one program from the science, engineering, and mathematics related categories and one program from the social sciences, arts, and humanities related categories.
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