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Purdue's Student Innovation & Excellence Showcase
Deadline to Apply: March 18, 2025 at 11:59pm EST
Submission Link: OURConnect Conference Portal
*Be sure to select "New Abstract for 2025 Spring Showcase - Indy"
How-to Guides: Abstract Submission | Mentor Approval
Questions? Email UGResearch@purdue.edu
IRB-2023-1142: "Undergraduate Research Conferences"
Any data collected for this event – including the application, presentation feedback evaluations (if they exist), event evaluations, and additional data obtained from the Office of the Registrar – may be used for research purposes by the Office of Undergraduate Research and study investigators for an IRB-approved study titled “Undergraduate Research Conferences” (IRB-2023-1142). To learn more about this study, please review the study information sheet. Data for this study will be deidentified prior to any analyses and reporting. Data will be excluded as follows:
- Abstracts are automatically excluded for presentations when the abstract is not approved to be published within the event information.
- Cases are automatically excluded for any presenter who is a minor at the time of the event.
- Additional cases are excluded for any presenter/mentor who opts out of their data use for research purposes.
Any exclusions or inclusions for research purposes do not impact any presenter’s selection to participate in the event.