On April 4, 2008, Loyola College in Maryland will host the eighth annual campus-wide forum highlighting undergraduate student research and scholarship. The goal of the colloquium is to encourage scholastic endeavors that focus on either the generation of new knowledge or creative integration of existing scholarship.

Click here for a printable PDF of the application information.

Application Requirements

All currently enrolled undergraduate students of the College are eligible to make submissions to the Colloquium.  The application form requires identification of a Loyola College faculty member (along with their department and email address) who will agree to serve as a mentor in the application process. Please be sure that you have all the information in front of you before completing the form.

You will be required to indicate if you wish to present a poster (or visual) or oral presentation at the Colloquium.

A poster involves a display of the main points, ideas, and findings of the research, which the students refer to as they explain their work.

An oral presentation is a more formal presentation within a classroom setting.

Competition Divisions

Arts & Humanities

Business

Mathematical & Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Demonstration/Performance

Demonstration: Novel presentation of existing principles, laws, scholarship, or pedagogy.

Performance: Public presentation of artistic or creative work/scholarship.

General Guidelines

Note: Please read the instructions below carefully before proceeding to complete the online application form which is linked below. Also note that you can upload your proposal file only once.

• Since the Committee uses a blind review process, proposals (with the exception of the application form) are to be devoid of the applicant and mentor’s names. Applicants are reminded that if they refer to their own work or their mentor’s works in the references, the names should be omitted or marked out.
  
• Each student may submit only one proposal in each division each year.
• The committee accepts both individual and collaborative proposals. Only include other Loyola students as co-authors on the appliation form. Do not include the faculty mentor as a co-author on the application, even if that person is a co-author on the poster, presentation or paper.
  
• The application form and original proposal are to be submitted electronically using the online application form.
  
• The proposal should be in the form of a 200 word abstract or description of the project. 
  
• Please save your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF document.
  
• Use the title of your proposal to name your file.
  
• Save the file on your computer or on a disk.
• Your Loyola email address will be used for primary communication from the Colloquium committee.
  
• When you get to the last part of the application form (Upload Proposal), click on "Load" button and search for your proposal file in the folder where you saved the file.
  
• Select your file and click on the "Load" button.
  
• When the application is complete, click on the "Send Form" button.
  
• You will get a confirmation email of your submission. Please keep this email for your reference.
  
• If you have any questions regarding the application process, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. James Bunzli at x2155 or via email at jbunzli@loyola.edu.

Applications Are Now Closed