The 2025 Summer Research Symposium will be held on July 31, 2025 in the Hollings Program Room, located in the Thomas Cooper Library. Registration for the Symposium will be available from Monday, June 9 through Tuesday, July 1. The registration form will ask for a title and information on the presenter(s), mentor(s) and summer research program. While abstracts may be included on posters, abstracts are not part of the registration process for the Summer Research Symposium.
This presentation opportunity is open to undergraduate students from USC and beyond working with USC faculty from all campuses and disciplines during the summer.
At this student-focused symposium, undergraduate researchers showcase their summer research and share their findings via poster presentations. Poster display boards and refreshments are provided.
Registration is now open! To register, please complete the Summer Research Symposium Registration Form by July 1.
If you have any questions about the 2025 symposium, please contact Ashley Collins in the Office of Undergraduate Research at our@sc.edu or 803-777-5522.
Poster Guidelines for the Summer Research Symposium
We understand that some presenters might need to re-use their posters at other conferences with different dimension requirements. To accommodate this, presenters may size their posters to fit within our minimum and maximum requirements.
- The recommended poster size is four feet high by 3.5 feet wide.
- The maximum allowable size is four feet by four feet (Note: The outer vertical edge will curl around the display board if the poster is four-feet wide).
- For Graduation with Leadership Distinction eligibility ONLY: the minimum size is 2 feet by 3 feet (oriented vertically or horizontally).
More information on creating Research Posters can be found here.