The deadline to submit a presentation proposal was February 17, 2026. To be eligible to speak at this year’s Symposium, both of the following criteria must be met:
- The presenter is a current member of a California Community College Honors Program
- The research should have been conducted at that community college between the Spring 2025 and Spring 2026 terms. This means that a primary mentor for the project was a faculty member at the community college, or that the project was done for a class or activity sponsored by the community college.
Submissions will be anonymously screened by a committee made up of honors faculty who select well-written proposals featuring high-quality academic research. Being selected to present is highly competitive. In 2025, we received 248 proposals and approximately 100 were selected.
Proposal Details
Each submitted proposal required the following information
- Title and 1-sentence description
- 150-word abstract which summarizes the driving question & results
- 50-word methodology which details the process used in the research project
- Up to 5 resources in MLA or APA format
- Associated paper or essay (Optional, though strongly encouraged)
CLICK HERE for advice about preparing your proposal and samples.
Questions?
General Symposium Questions: Professor Jennifer Saito, jsaito@losmedanos.edu
General Proposal Questions: Professor Eva Mo, Modesto Junior College, moe@yosemite.edu
Specific Questions about Your Proposal: Your Honors Director/Coordinator
Please identify which college you are from when emailing your questions.
