Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in Tudor Fieldhouse.
As part of Inquiry Weeks, the School of Natural Sciences is happy to announce our 2025 Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, an event to celebrate undergraduate research in all Natural Sciences disciplines. This annual event highlights the incredible research contributions of our undergraduate researchers through judged poster presentations.
The poster sessions provide a platform for sharing innovative research, at any stage, with the Natural Sciences community. In these one-hour sessions, presenters will have the opportunity to be evaluated by attendees and receive feedback on their presentations. Posters that achieve excellence in research and presentation will be recognized, and the top poster in each thematic area will receive a cash prize. Research mentor approval is required.
NSURS 2025 Schedule
NSURS will be held on Wednesday, April 16 in Tudor Fieldhouse.
Poster Session I: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Poster Sesssion II: 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Poster Session III: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Register to present at NSURS 2025
Sign up on the NSURS Registration Page before March 14, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. You will be asked to submit a project title, abstract and contact information for your research mentor.
You will also be asked to choose a thematic area that best fits your research presentation:
- Patterns and Origins in Nature. Understanding the fundamental workings of nature and mathematics. Includes fundamental research in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, neuroscience and other fields.
- Materials from the Fundamental to the Complex. Developing the knowledge and tools to enable the design and creation of new materials. Includes materials research in chemistry, physics, biology and other fields.
- The Earth: Geology, Ecology and Environment. Pursuing solutions to global grand challenges through a convergence of Earth science and ecosystem perspectives. Includes research in earth science, ecology, environmental science, behavioral neuroscience, public health and other fields.
- Cancer: Biology, Prevention and Therapy. Addressing the scourge of cancer in all its complexity. Includes research in biology, chemistry, public health, physics and other fields.
- Human Development, Health, Performance and Disease. Understanding the functions of the body when well and when not. Seeking solutions through therapy and prevention. Includes research in health sciences, biology, sports medicine and exercise physiology, neuroscience and other fields.
Visit our Presentation Guidelines and Workshops and FAQs page for additional information, and please message us at nsurs@rice.edu if you have any questions.