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Catholic University Research Day
Catholic University of America
Important Dates: Wednesday, April 15, 2026: University Research Day Format The 11th Annual Catholic University Research Day will be in-person with additional pre-recorded content available online. Why Participate? Catholic University Research Day is a fantastic opportunity for students to practice preparing and presenting scholarly work to a general audience. There are awards for the best undergraduate, and graduate presentations. Faculty and professional staff also share their work with a wide range of individuals, build a list of potential collaborators, and engage students to learn more about their work. Who Can Participate? Undergraduate students, graduate students, professional staff, and faculty who are current members of the Catholic University community are all welcome to participate. All members of the University community are encouraged to attend any and all events taking place on Research Day. The Research Day Planning Committee welcomes volunteers to help with various roles for the event. If you wish to volunteer for the next Research Day, please contact (researchday@cua.edu). Presentation Information The main goal of the University Research Day is to excite others about your work and to expose your work to a wide audience. With these goals in mind, both oral and poster presentations should be designed for a general non-technical audience. The format for oral presentations should resemble a "TED Talk" in that they should be oriented towards helping individuals outside of your own discipline understand the importance of your work and its implications and applicability of to the CUA community and beyond. Abstracts should be shorter than 500 words and should clearly describe the project that will be presented in language that is understandable to a non-technical audience unfamiliar with the subject area. It should represent the applicant's own work and the subject of a research project or ongoing research being conducted at The Catholic University of America. Abstracts should not be autobiographical, commercial, or promotional.