The College Research Day Committee (CRDC) 2012 invites submissions of research papers. Research Day is intended to encourage and promote students’ involvement in research at the College of Business Administration. In the course of the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 semester, students work closely with a faculty member on a research project and submit the research paper to the CRDC 2012. At the Research Day Event, student finalists will present their research paper in a poster session to be held at the College of Business.
To encourage student participation, the CRDC 2012 will award multiple cash prizes (up to $2500 in cash prizes) in each category of student participation. In addition, the CRDC 2012 will also honor faculty who mentor students and stimulate their interest in academic research.
Overview
Please read and follow all the instructions on this page to ensure your submission meets all requirements. This page contains:
A. Important Dates for Authors
Open for Online Submissions:
The CRDC 2012 submissions will be open from Thursday, March 1, 2012 until Sunday, April 1, 2012, 11:59 pm CST at http://www.utpa.edu/coba/researchday.
All submission must adhere to the submission guidelines outlined in this webpage.
Author Presentations at Research Day 2012:
At least one author of every accepted submission must be present on the Research Day Event (Wednesday, April 18, 2012; 12:00pm – 1:00pm). Authors should be prepared to present their research work in the form of poster presentation during the even time.
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B. Submission Requirements
The CRDC 2012 Committee invites submissions for following levels
- Undergraduate
- Master
- PhD
Each submission must adhere to the following guidelines.
Language:
English is the language of the conference and of all submissions.
Originality:
Submissions to CRDC 2012 must be original; submissions cannot have been published or accepted in a journal or conference proceedings, nor presented at another conference.
Formatting Requirements:
All submissions must be in Microsoft® Word .DOC format or Microsoft ® Word .DOCX format or Portable Document Format (PDF).
Length Requirements:
Research papers must not exceed twenty (20) double-spaced pages. The 20 pages must include all text, figures, tables, and appendices. The cover page, abstract, keywords, and references are excluded from this page count.
Number of Submissions:
Each student can submit up to two (2) research papers in Undergraduate and Master level submission. Students participating in PhD level may submit up tp one (1) research paper only.
How to Submit:
All submissions are to be made via the following link:
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C. Prizes
For each level - Undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. - separately, the CRDC will award multiple cash prizes:
- First Prize: Up to one (1) prize of $500
- Second Prize: Up to four (4) prizes of $200 each
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D. Additional Questions
If you have any questions or suggestions, please talk with your department representatives from the CRD committee:
Damian Damianov - Economics and Finance
Haiyan Zhou - Accounting and Business Law
Jorge Gonzalez - Management
Justin Gressel - Marketing
Vishal Midha - Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Methods
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