Fifth Conference for Interdisciplinary Student Research (CISR)
A Joint Collaboration between the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center and the Office of Research and Innovation

Theme: Innovate, Integrate, Impact: Pioneering Research for a Sustainable Future

The COVID 19 pandemic has highlighted the need for coordinated responses to globalized problems. From public health to Black Lives Matter, local, state, and national governments across the world are dealing with unprecedented challenges. These critical issues require an interdisciplinary response that is grounded in STEM, humanities, education, and the behavioral & social sciences to understand the human impact and to offer durable solutions. The 2025 conference will bring together undergraduate and graduate students from a wide variety of backgrounds to explore issues of police reform, food security, institutional systemic racism, disaster relief, climate change, educational disparities and inequities, cybersecurity issues, public health, and a host of other issues.

Participants

Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines at PVAMU and other colleges/universities.

Requirements

  • Work with your faculty mentor to develop your abstract.
  • Have your faculty mentor approve the abstract before submission.

  • Follow abstract guidelines provided.

Eligibility

  • Your research project must incorporate methodology grounded in the humanities, education, behavioral & social sciences, or STEM.
  • Undergraduate and/or graduate student who is presently or previously involved in a research project working with a faculty mentor.
  • Undergraduate and/or graduate students are encouraged to collect and use original data or utilize secondary data sources from ICPSR or other data warehouses.

Please note, if you are at the beginning stages of your research project with your faculty mentor, you can still submit an abstract. Think about the outcomes you might anticipate for your project.

Date and Format

  • Tuesday, April 9, 2025

  • In-person for all students.

Deadlines

No late submissions will be accepted.

  • Final deadline: Submit by the final date of February 28, 2025.

How to Apply