Frequently Asked Questions
In short, Discovery in Action is about taking what we learn (wether that be in the classroom, research, in the field etc) and moving it forward.
A longer explanation can be found on the Discovery in Action Showcase page.
For the purpose of fairness in terms of judging, groups that are made up of both undergraduate and graduate students will be judged in the graduate student category.
Professors can be advisors or mentors but cannot be members of the group. We want to showcase student voices for this competition. Nonstudent professionals can be part of the original project but cannot be involved in the contest.
The deadline of October 7th is only for a 200-word abstract. It was our hope that this wouldn’t be too taxing to be submitted by the 7th. And then we have planned for the finalists to have just two weeks, including 2 weekends, to create their poster. It is because of the time we have allocated for the finalists to create their poster that we are unable to move back the deadline. If we pushed it back that would impact on our printing time, and in order for the college to manage the printing of the posters we need to ensure we give UC printing enough time.
For the poster presentation portion of the competition, we require the inclusion of Results and Conclusion, as can be in the Rules & Guidelines for Presentation section in the Poster Specification of the page. We understand that some research/projects etc. can take a very long time to be truly completed, thus as long as you feel you have completed enough of the project/research etc to be able to able to speak to results and conclusions the project does not need to be complete.
Please email Beth Vleaminck (vleamieh@ucmail.uc.edu) with names and emails of additional members of the group so that we can add the names manually.
The purpose of the contest is to highlight the work of Arts and Sciences Bachelors, Masters, and PhD students. Thus you must have worked on the project while enrolled in an Arts and Sciences Bachelors, Masters, or PhD program.