Summer 2025
July 31 to August 1, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Details are still being finalized, but click here for a preliminary agenda.
PREDOC.org Research Conference
PREDOC.org Research Conference
PREDOC.org is pleased to announce its third annual Research Conference in Washington, D.C. from July 31 to August 1, 2025. At this conference, students present their original research in quantitative social science fields to fellow undergraduates, faculty, PhD students, and pre-docs. Professional development panels will cover topics from the graduate school experience to career diversity in the quantitative social sciences. This conference is an excellent opportunity for students who want to learn more about a research career, as well as those who are already committed to research and looking to get feedback on their work and expand their networks.
There is no fee to attend this conference. PREDOC.org will support domestic travel costs for student participants, including flight, lodging, and incidentals (like ground transportation and meals).
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The conference will be an opportunity to network with other undergraduates, pre-doctoral researchers, graduate students, and faculty.
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Hear from experts about the diverse career trajectories available to researchers in quantitative social science.
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Students will have the chance to work on substantive research, and develop their own science identity by experiencing what it is like to present at a conference.
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Participants will develop crucial skills (like generating research questions) that they can take with them in their future careers.
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Who Should Apply?
- Current undergraduates at a US-accredited institution;
- Students working on questions that address human behavior, social structures, or societal patterns, and use statistical, mathematical, or computational techniques;
- Those with projects at least at the preliminary stage that have gone beyond initial analysis, and who have true arguments and conclusions to share at the conference.
PREDOC.org Research Conference: Call for Proposals
The PREDOC.org Research Conference solicits projects in Quantitative Social Science fields. By this, we mean questions that address human behavior, social structures, or societal patterns, and use statistical, mathematical, or computational techniques. Mixed methods projects (which combine quantitative and qualitative methods) are welcome. Quantitative social science fields include (but are not limited to) Behavioral Science, Demography, Economics, Political Science, Public Health, and Sociology.
This Call for Proposals solicits two kinds of projects. The first, panel presentations, are substantive pieces of analysis which may have been completed by a group. These presentations may be exploratory in nature, and point to interesting future work. The second, poster presentations, are more developed pieces of research. The research project may be preliminary, but should have gone beyond initial analysis and have true arguments and conclusions to share.
To apply, you will need to provide:
- contact information;
- the title of your project;
- and a brief write-up of your question, methodology, and preliminary results (2-4 pages).