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The UNLV Graduate & Professional Student Association and Graduate College jointly host the Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum each spring, which showcases excellence in research conducted at the graduate/professional level. Next year’s event will be held on the second floor of the UNLV Student Union, Saturday, March 20, 2010.

Graduate and professional students participate in the annual forum by sharing their research with peers and faculty from across campus, and experience the wide breadth of scholarship generated by the graduate and professional programs at UNLV. This past year's Research Forum schedule, held March 28, 2009, gives the times for the poster and platform sessions.

Students present their research either as a poster or as an oral presentation. Students presenting a poster must attend the Research Forum and physically staff their posters and field questions from the judges. Posters exceeding the guidelines for size ( maximum poster size is 4 ft. wide x 6 ft. long), may not be displayed (due to space availablity). Posters must be submitted to the GPSA office, Lied Library room 3251, one week prior to the Research Forum event. Awards are given at the close of the event to recognize outstanding presentations.

Faculty interested in supporting the Research Forum as judges may contact either Becky Boulton and/or Kyle N. George, GPSA Vice President and Chair of the Research Forum Committee, at anytime during the year. Faculty are encouraged to come support their students and attend all forum sessions.

Each year, the GPSA awards grants for research and conference travel to support projects that directly affect a student’s degree program and make a contribution to his/her discipline. In 2008-2009, $75,000 was awarded to students for research and conference travel. Participation in the research forum is a requirement for students who received GPSA funding for the 2009-2010 academic year. The forum is open to all UNLV graduate and professional students.