Graduate students have until tomorrow to apply for the 2001 Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum.

The forum allows graduate students to be recognized for their outstanding scholarship within the university, said Hyunsook Yoon, vice president of the Council of Graduate Students.

The first step graduate students take to participate in the forum is to submit the application and six copies of a one-page abstract about their research to the CGS office, Room 208 of the Ohio Union by 4 p.m.

Criteria for the abstract consists of academic quality of writing and research, including purpose, research and design procedure; theoretical or practical significance of findings; conclusions and other content.

In February, three judges from each of the 10 academic areas will review the abstracts and select up to eight of them to be presented at the April forum.

The graduate student must indicate, on the application, if he or she will be accompanying the presentation with a 12-minute oral presentation, a seven-minute performance with a five-minute oral presentation, or a poster presentation.

Graduates who do not have their abstracts chosen have the option of designing a poster to present at the forum for feedback.

A judging panel for each area will consist of two Ohio State faculty members, and one scholar from another institution if possible. Judges will receive papers by March 28 from the students explaining their research and on April 21, the three presentation judges will select the winners.

The winners will be announced at the luncheon where the keynote speaker will be C. Bradley Moore, vice president for Research.

“Research is a core part of a Ph.D. thesis work and presenting one’s research is a critical part in obtaining a good job. The forum helps the student to prepare to talk at international conferences and other professional meetings,” Moore said.

To help fund the event, $9,000 is provided by the graduate school, $9,000 from the Office of Research and CGS will provide the remainder of the reward money from their budget.

This is the 15th year for the forum, which was renamed to honor the late Edward F. Hayes, vice president for Research from 1991 to 1998.