Plus see our student-centric research conference list
This video provides an overview on how to successfully give a research poster presentation. It is always a good idea to practice your research poster a few times to make sure that you have a good understanding of your content and how to approach potential questions.
Click here to watch our five minute video on how to give a research poster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIr22p0jWjQ
Click here to watch our ten minute video on how to judge a research poster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKFL_D5K7Yc
NERDtastic STEM Research Conferences
Many of these conferences offer student travel scholarships. Dates and locations may vary from year to year.

Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- September 29- October 2, 2016, Charlotte, NC, http://nsbe.org/home.aspx
Mexican American Engineering and Science Conference (MAES)
- October 5-9, 2016, Anaheim, CA, maessymposium.org
UC DavisPre-medical and Pre-health Conference
Woman of Color STEM Conference
Society for the Advancement of Native American and Chicanos in Science (SACNAS)
- October 13-15, 2016, Long Beach, CA, http://www.sacnas.org
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
NSF Louis Stokes Midwest Center for Excellence STEM Conference
- October 28-30, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, http://lsmce.org/lsmce/conference/
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
- November 2-6, 2016, Seattle, Washington, http://www.shpe.org

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
- November 9-12, 2016, Tampa, Florida, http://www.abrcms.org/
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
- November 10-12, 2016, Minneapolis, MN, http://www.aises.org/
oSTEM Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (Ostem)
- November 11-13, 2016, Denver, Colorado, https://www.ostem.org/
Sigma Xi Research Conference
- November 11-13, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia, https://www.sigmaxi.org/
NSF LSAMP UC Statewide Research Conference
- February 2017 (tentative), UC Irvine, CA, http://www.camp.uci.edu/
AAAS Emerging Researchers Network in STEM (ERN)
- Late February 2017 (tentative), Washington D.C. or Atlanta, Georgia, http://www.emerging-researchers.org/
University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees Statewide Leadership and Research Conference
- March 2017 (tentative), UC Merced, CA, http://www.ucleads.org/index.php/symposium