All disciplines are encouraged to participate in Show Me Research Week, April 19-22, 2027. To help make the week a success, we rely on mentors to encourage undergraduates, graduate/professional students and postdoctoral fellows to do presentations and attend events.
Presentations
If you have students or postdocs working with you, please encourage them to present. During registration, presenters will be able to opt-in to have their presentation judged. After Show Me Research Week concludes, feedback will be sent to both the presenter and mentor.
Registering to present
Presenters can submit applications starting Jan. 19, 2027. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. on March 12, 2027.
The Show Me Research Week application has three required components:
- Registration form
- Abstract submission
- Mentor approval
After presenters have finished registering and submitting their abstracts, they will click a button in their application to send it to their faculty mentor for approval. Presenters must have their mentor's approval before they can participate in Show Me Research Week.
Mentor approval must be completed by 5 p.m. on March 19, 2027.
Due to the expected volume of presenters, we encourage early registration. Space is limited.
See more details on the presenter page.
Please ask your student to download this helpful Show Me Research Week checklist (Word).
Judging
During registration, the presenter will have the option to choose whether to have their oral or poster presentation judged.
There are two main categories and several subcategories from which to choose.
Awards
Only presenters who opt-in to have their presentation judged will be considered for an award.
Monetary awards will be given to the top three undergraduate students and graduate and/or postdoctoral fellows. Due to the number of applicants, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will be grouped together.
Winners will be announced during the Show Me Research Week awards ceremony and not before.
Research that is not publishable
As part of the registration process, presenters are asked if their work can be published online (meaning the public will have online access to their abstract and poster). If the mentee’s work is not publishable, then only the project title, author name, mentor name and source of funding will be posted online.
Additionally, a badge or sticker will be provided for participants to place on their poster so attendees and media know their work cannot be shared or posted online.
We tell presenters to speak with their mentor about this before registering.
Incomplete research
Presenters whose research or scholarship is not complete are still encouraged to apply to present their work.
Questions
Please contact our team at musmrweek@missouri.edu.