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EXPLORATIONS SYNOPSIS SUBMISSION

PLANNING TEMPLATE

We encourage you to write your answers in this planning template and then cut and paste into the synopsis submission form.

All Students

  • UIN
  • Name
  • Email (TAMU and Permanent)
  • College
  • Major
  • Classification
  • Expected Graduation Date
  • Identify your research disciplines/fields. (checkboxes)
  • Agriculture
  • Architecture
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Business
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Hard Science (Chemistry, Physics, Math, Computer Science, Statistics)
  • Humanities (Religion, Gender Studies, Language/Linguistics, Philosophy, Literature, History, Art)
  • Performance (Music, Museum Studies, Multimedia)
  • Life Science (Biology, Geoscience, Spatial Science)
  • Social Science (Communication, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Policy and Administration, Psychology, Sociology)
  • Other
  • Institution

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Submission Questions Begin on the Next Page 

Choose One Submission Type

You will only answer the questions for Research/Scholarly OR Creative Works. You will not answer both. Your answers to the questions will complete your synopsis submission. Your submission of a synopsis indicates your willingness to submit a full manuscript, if invited. All submissions must be based on original research or scholarship.

Research/Scholarly

  • Project Title
  • Faculty Advisor Name, Department, and Email Address
  • Is this an individual or team project? If team, list the names and emails of the other undergraduates involved.
  • What research question does your project address?
  • Why is this research important and how will it contribute to your field?
  • Briefly describe your methods or theoretical framework.
  • Explain why this project is a timely, significant, and relevant research project.
  • If you are part of an ongoing research project (i.e. lab, grant, database, etc.) or part of a team, describe your specific contributions to the project. If this does not apply to you, please write N/A and a sentence explaining why.

Creative Works

  • Project Title
  • Faculty Advisor Name, Department, and Email Address
  • Is this an individual or team project? If team, list the names and emails of the other undergraduates involved.
  • What research question does your creative work address?
  • How does your creative work engage with disciplinary paradigms, such as genre, school, style, or form?
  • Briefly describe your methods, technique, and/or process, and explain how they are connected to your final product.
  • What new knowledge did your creative work produce?
  • If you are part of an ongoing research project (i.e. performance, musical group, installation, etc.) or part of a team, describe your specific contributions to the project. If this does not apply to you, please write N/A and a sentence explaining why.