Virginia Tech students involved with research can now submit the results of their projects to the 26th Annual Research Symposium.
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Assembly, the symposium will feature five different categories of presentations along with work done by graduate and undergraduate students.
“We hope that every department will be represented,” said Ganesh Balasubramanian, symposium chair and graduate student.
Keynote speaker Andrew Weaver, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner and lead author of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will speak at the awards reception on March 24.
“This is the first time we are having someone of such high profile come,” Balasubramanian said.
Graduate students can submit their work in the oral, poster or video categories. Undergraduates can submit posters to the advanced undergraduate category.
Both graduate and undergraduate students involved with the School of Performing Arts and Cinema can enter the performance session, which is joining the Research Symposium for the first time.
“The performance session is going to be very exciting,” Balasubramanian said. “Most people don’t really understand they research a lot.”
Students placing in first or second places in each category are eligible to win between $250 and $500 for their findings.
The symposium accepts research submissions until Feb. 26. Submission guidelines are available at www.gsasymposium2010.uusa.vt.edu.