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Presenting your Project Beyond SSU

There are many discipline-specific professional meetings and conferences that invite students to present their work as posters or short presentations. Presenting your research alongside professionals, academics, and peers in your field is not only a great experience, but it is also a noteworthy contribution to your CV or resume.

If you are ready to present your work at a professional meeting or conference, talk to your faculty mentor about venues they would recommend and any potential funding sources for travel reimbursement through your specific department.

Please see the information below on some opportunities for presenting your project.

Presenting Opportunities Beyond SSU

Apply for the 2026 CSU Student Research Competition at SSU's InfoReady by Friday, March 6, 2026.

The Annual California State University Student Research Competition is a systemwide competition that showcases excellent research conducted by CSU undergraduate and graduate students in the full range of academic programs offered by the CSU. The competition is held to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments throughout the twenty-three campuses of the California State University. 

Student participants make oral presentations before juries of professional experts from major corporations, foundations, public agencies, colleges and universities in California. 

The 40th Annual CSU Student Research Competition will be held on April 23-25, 2026 at San Jose State University. Sonoma State will hold an internal competition to identify 10 projects to represent our campus at this system-wide event, and the SSU student researchers will be reimbursed for travel costs. Presentations from all academic disciplines are welcome to apply.

Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled at SSU, as well as alumnus/alumnae who received their degrees from SSU in Spring, Summer, or Fall of 2025 are eligible to apply.

A small team of students making a single presentation counts as a single entry. Only one person from each research team should submit an application. Please be sure to enter your co-researcher(s) information on the online application.

Please note: Your research does not need to be complete (with full results) by the internal application deadline of March 6th in order to apply; however, if you are chosen to represent SSU at this event, you should plan to have some results to report at the competition at the end of April.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Friday, March 6th at 11:59 p.m.

CSUBIOTECH administers competitive grant and award programs open to California State University (CSU) faculty and students. CSUBIOTECH defines biotechnology as a fusion of biology and technology. CSUBIOTECH welcomes and encourages applications from CSU faculty and students in all disciplines related to the current practice of biotechnology, including but not limited to life sciences, physical sciences, clinical sciences, math, computer science, agricultural science, engineering, and/or business. Please visit CSUBIOTECH to learn more.

The California Pre-Doctoral Program helps CSU students turn their faculty aspirations into reality by fostering access, preparation, and success in doctoral education. In 2024-25, the California Pre-Doctoral Program awarded funds to 72 juniors, seniors, and graduate students in the CSU, with an additional 13 students chosen as part of the inaugural group of Health Professional Scholars. These funds are designed to enable current students to explore and prepare to succeed in doctoral programs in their chosen field of study. Awards are based on competitive review of student applications and given to current upper-division undergraduate or graduate students who demonstrate academic excellence, while having experienced economic or educational disadvantage, and are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level. Each selected applicant becomes a Sally Casanova Scholar and receives a scholarship for academic and professional development, along with the opportunity for a fully funded summer research experience at a major U.S. research univers​ity.

All students enrolled on a CSU campus are eligible to participate. The 2026-27 application cycle is open to applicants.  Interested candidates must work directly with the SSU campus coordinator, Dr. Daniel Malpica: [email protected] or (707) 664-2264.

Sonoma State’s Sally Cassanova Pre-Doctoral Scholars

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