Honors Research Symposium
Honors Research symposium 2025
November 21, 2025, 2:00 – 6:30 (checkin: 1:15-2:00pm)
The Dubois Center
Overview
The Honors College, in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) hosts the Honors Research Symposium during the Fall semester. This annual event is a unique opportunity for undergraduate honors students, disciplinary honors students, and OUR students to present the results of their inquiry to the UNC Charlotte community.
While participation to present at the Symposium is only open to UNC Charlotte honors students and OUR students, we welcome fellow students, honors program directors, honors faculty, mentors, other faculty and adjuncts, administrators, staff, and other supporters of undergraduate student inquiry to attend this event to learn, ask questions, and provide feedback!
The Honors Research Symposium features a keynote speaker or panel of student alumni, posters and oral presentations, and a reception.
Questions?
If you have questions about the Honors Research Symposium, please contact Dr. Cindy Gilson (cgilson@charlotte.edu).
Friday, November 21, 2025, 2:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: The Dubois Center
UNC Charlotte Center City
320 E 9th Street, Charlotte, NC
Registration information on Symposium ForagerOne website
Important Dates:
| Student Submission Deadlines | Attendance Registration Deadlines |
|---|---|
| Student abstracts due by October 20, 2025 using the submission link in Symposium ForagerOne. | In person attendees should register by November 7, 2025 via the registration link in Symposium ForagerOne. |
The following student materials are due via the submission link in Symposium ForagerOne by Monday, November 17
Additional Due Dates and Tasks: All oral presentation slides must be submitted via the Oral Presentation Slides google form by Monday, November 17. All roundtable outlines must be submitted via the Roundtable Outline google form by Monday, November 17. Honors students only: PDF of poster must be submitted via the Poster Printing Request google form by Monday, November 17. | All attendees for virtual attendance should register by November 19, 2025 via the registration link in Symposium ForagerOne. |
| Once we have a final count on the number of student presenters, we’ll send presentation times to students. |
Schedule
1:15-2:00 – Check in
1:15-2:00 – Networking with Community Members and Alumni!
2:15-2:35 – Opening Remarks
2:35-2:50 – Transition
2:50-3:50 – Poster, oral, & roundtable presentations (concurrent – Session 1)
3:50-4:00 – Transition
4:00-5:00 – Poster, oral, & roundtable presentations (concurrent – Session 2)
5:00-5:10 – Transition
5:10-5:45 – Speakers
5:45-6:30 – Reception
Student Resources
Students, it’s important for you to start looking for potential inquiry topics early! This gives you the opportunity to reach out to faculty and staff here at Charlotte that could help and guide you through this process. Establishing a community that can assist you in every aspect of your research is very important and can make this entire process a lot easier to manage versus doing it all alone. Even if you don’t have a definite grasp on what you want to research, bringing up your ideas to the staff here could help reduce any doubt or help you solidify your idea. Additionally, starting early gives you the time to get through all of your ideas and begin putting everything together so that you’re well prepared to present your work at the symposium.
Guidance on how to write an abstract
Need some help writing your abstract? Refer to this doc: Guidance on how to write an abstract
Guidance for Posters and Oral Presentations:
