Early Childhood Research Summit

Call for Graduate Student Posters

Discovery Showcase

New this year, the CYFS Early Childhood Research Summit will feature a discovery showcase that highlights research posters from NU faculty and graduate students, presented alongside community partner posters.

Please submit poster proposals by February 23, 2026.

Instructions for Graduate Student PostersSubmit Poster

Graduate students, submit your posters below. Faculty must submit their research proposals, including posters, here.



Discovery Showcase Requirements:

Only one poster per lead presenter will be accepted.

  • Posters submitted by graduate students must include at least one faculty member in the University of Nebraska system as a co-author. Graduate students must be part of the University of Nebraska system.
  • Presentations must be grounded in research. Quantitative, qualitative, single-case and mixed-methods research designs are welcome.
  • Poster presentations must include a specific focus on the application of research findings to practice, policy or both.
  • Featured research must include or apply to children birth to 8 years of age.

Summit organizers encourage poster submissions that (a) offer various perspectives on critical and timely issues in early childhood; (b) highlight innovative research; (c) identify extensions of research to practice; and (d) examine how research findings may relate to public policies that affect young children and their families.

Notification of selection will be sent to the submitting author by March 4, 2026. Registration for the summit will open in January 2026.

Poster Submission Form:

Complete and submit Sections I, II and III. All information must be completed for this proposal to be considered. Submissions are due by February 23, 2026.


SECTION I: Rules of Participation (*Required Field)

  • To offset expenses, Summit organizers will be charging a $50 registration fee for non-students and a $25 registration fee for students to attend the conference. Please note that the conference does NOT pay the expenses of presenters accepted through this call. All presenters accepted from the call who will be attending the Summit must register and pay the registration fee. Registration for the summit opens in January 2026.
  • Those with submissions accepted through the call are not precluded from publishing and/or presenting their material elsewhere. Posters previously presented at professional venues may be submitted for consideration.

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SECTION II: POSTER PRESENTER INFORMATION (*Required Field)


Lead Presenter Contact Information:

The lead presenter is the person with whom summit organizers will communicate and is responsible for sharing information with any co-presenters. The lead presenter must be a graduate student.
Name*
Role*
Job Title/Position*
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Additional Presenters:

(must include at least one faculty member in the University of Nebraska system as a co-author)
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SECTION III: POSTER PRESENTATION DETAILS (*Required Field)

We recommend preparing responses in advance using a word processing program, then copying into the online proposal submission form. The online submission form will not time out, but if the page is refreshed or reloaded, entered information will be lost.

Suggested Title of Poster Presentation*(fewer than 10 words)
Abstract* In 75 or fewer words, provide a brief description of the session's content, including the implications of featured research.
Description* In 300 or fewer words, provide a brief introduction to the presentation topic, research questions, methods, findings and significance/innovation of the work (key references may be included, but do not count toward word limit).
Application to Practice and/or Policy*
The results of this research relate to: (Check all that apply.)
Specify at least two ways that the results of this research relate to practice and/or policy:
Please indicate the target developmental period(s) of this research. * (Check all that apply.)