How to Apply for the 2025 Student Showcase
Follow these simple steps to complete your application by March 5, 2025 at 11:59pm.-
Secure a faculty mentor
Each project is required to have a faculty mentor. You will need your faculty mentor's name, email address, and academic department for your application. If you have more than one faculty mentor, the first mentor you list will be the primary mentor for your project.
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Write your abstract and have it reviewed by your faculty mentor
All applications must include an abstract. (See the Abstract Information tab for requirements, formatting guidelines, and examples.) You can type your abstract into the Abstract field of the application or copy/paste the text of the abstract into it. Your abstract will be published as submitted in the application form. It is your responsibility to carefully review for spelling, formatting and/or content errors.
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Log in to your MAVzone
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Click on the Applications tab on the left side of the screen
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On the Applications dashboard, find the Showcase App under Trending Apps*
*If the Showcase App does not appear under your Trending Apps, please click on Applications on the left side of your MAVzone screen. Then, scroll down to find the app or use the search function with the term "Student Showcase" to find the app.
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Click on the Student Showcase App to complete your application and submit your abstract
Applications Open on February 3rd!
If you have questions about the application, please email [email protected].
Yes! Groups should choose one person to submit the application, and this person will serve as the primary contact person for the group project. The primary applicant will be able to enter all co-participant names on the application.
Please only submit ONE application per group project.
Keep in mind that students are limited to participating in a maximum of two projects per year, and each group project counts towards this total.
- The faculty mentor must be a current CMU faculty member or one that mentored you in the previous summer or fall.
- All applications must identify at least one faculty mentor, although more than one is also acceptable.
- Please confirm that the faculty member(s) agrees to provide sponsorship for your project prior to completing the application.
- Once the student/primary contact person has submitted the online application, it will automatically be routed to the faculty mentor, as noted in the application, for approval. If more than one faculty mentor is listed, the application will be routed to the first (primary) mentor listed. The Student Showcase Planning Committee will only consider a submission after the faculty mentor has approved the application and the accompanying abstract. If the faculty mentor finds errors in the submission, s/he/they may ask the student to revise and resubmit the application/abstract, if there is still time to do so before the deadline.
- You will know your application submission was successful if you are taken to the confirmation message after you complete the application.
- The faculty mentor (your primary mentor, if you have more than one mentor) that you list in your application will receive a separate confirmation email.
- The planning committee will review your submission only after your faculty mentor has approved the submission.
- By the beginning of April, presenters (or the primary contact persons, in the case of group presentations) will be notified of whether their project has been accepted into the Showcase.
- By mid-April, presenters/primary contact person will receive information via email with details for the Showcase schedule.
- Please check this website periodically for new Showcase details.