Announcing the Twenty-Third Annual

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION
SF State Campus Competition
February 25 – March 3, 2009

CSU System-wide Competition

May 1-2, 2009
California State University, Los Angeles

The Twenty-Second Annual California State University Student Research Competition

to be held at California State University, Los Angeles, is intended to recognize
outstanding student accomplishments in research throughout the CSU system in
the following categories:
• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Biological and Agricultural Sciences
• Business, Economics, and Public Administration
• Creative Arts and Design (creative projects are welcome)
• Education
• Engineering and Computer Science
• Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
• Humanities and Letters
• Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Interdisciplinary

WHO MAY APPLY

Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at San Francisco
State University, as well as alumni/alumnae who received their degrees in spring,
summer, or fall 2008 are eligible. The research presented should be appropriate to
the student’s discipline and career goals. Proprietary research is excluded.
Research involving human or animal subjects must have an approved protocol on
file with the Office for the Protection of Human and Animal Subjects,
http://www.sfsu.edu/~protocol/.

HOW TO APPLY
• Applicants may access the Student Delegate Registration Form and the
Student Research Competition Procedures and Guidelines on the Graduate
Studies website at www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy.
• Applicants must submit the registration form and a written summary of
the research by e-mail to mashac@sfsu.edu. The subject line should
include “CSU Research Competition” and your last name. Materials are
due no later than Wednesday, February 18, 2009.
• The summary may not exceed five double-spaced pages. Use fonts and
margins that ensure legibility. Appendices (bibliography, graphs,
photographs, or other supplementary materials) may not exceed three
pages.
• Applicants will make an oral presentation of their research to be
scheduled Feb 25 – March 3, 2009 before a panel of judges and an
audience. Entries will be judged on clarity of purpose, appropriateness of
methodology, interpretation of results, value of the research or creative
activity, ability of the presenter to articulate the research or creative
 activity, organization of the material presented, and presenter's ability to
handle questions from the panel of judges.

SF State will provide funds for travel for students selected to represent SF State at
the system-wide competition to be held at CSU Los Angeles, on May 1 and 2, 2009.
If you have questions about the Competition, please contact Maria Conrad at
mashac@sfsu.edu or 415-338-2231.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, February 18, 2009