Judging Information

The success of an undergraduate research conference is due in large part to the many judges who provide feedback to the student presenters throughout the conference. In addition to student feedback, the scores are used to disperse several presentation awards.

Judge Application

Please use this Judge Application to identify your interest and availability if:

• Your role at Purdue is faculty, staff, post-doc, retiree, or graduate student, or
  
• You are an alumni, parent, friend, industry professional, or member of the community. (Due to the sensitive nature of the research data presentations, people without a Purdue login cannot view/judge the virtual presentations.)

You may select more than one format or session to judge, and the options you selected are dates/times you are expected to judge. Please save these dates/times in your calendar. We anticipate more in-person presentations than virtual presentations.

Undergraduate students who wish to provide peer feedback do not need to register in advance. Directions for undergraduate students are available at the check-in tables at the event.

Judging Incentive

Any judge who submits 6+ formal judging feedback forms through the Qualtrics system will receive a $20 gift card if they meet three requirements:

• Judges must be affiliated with Purdue as faculty, staff, post-doc, graduate student, official retiree, or approved by the Purdue OUR. (Undergraduates are excluded from this incentive.)
• Judges must complete the official registration form on this website and be assigned to qualify.
• Formal feedback forms that indicate a "no-show" do not count towards the 6+ forms needed.

Electronic gift cards will be sent to judges meeting these requirements in mid-May to allow for processing.

Logistics for Judging Presentations

Students are expected to present to a generally educated audience. Judges evaluate students based on their ability to communicate about their research (not based on the merits of their research) using these criteria and submit their evaluation/feedback via a Qualtrics form.

Poster Symposium: Judges will be assigned presentations as they check-in to ensure all posters are evaluated equitably for feedback to the presenters and for the colleges for making award decisions. Judges should bring a handheld device (tablet or phone) to use. Check-in map.

Research Talks: Judges will be assigned presentations as they check-in to ensure all posters are evaluated equitably for feedback to the presenters and for the colleges for making award decisions. Judges should bring a laptop or tablet. Check-in map.

Virtual Presentations: Judges will be assigned presentations to evaluate prior to the Fall Expo. Students have 7 minutes for their presentations. You would not be expected to attend a session or watch a live session for the virtual conference presentations.

Questions

For questions before an in-person event, please contact OUREvents@purdue.edu. 

For questions on the day of an in-person event, please stop by the registration table during the event.