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Last Updated: Feb 09, 2026, 03:41 PM
The Student Creative Activities Research Forum is held every spring the 2nd week in April. All students engaged in any type of scholarly activities, research, or creative activities are invited to present a poster sharing their work with the SIU community. At the Awards Ceremony following the forum in Old Main of the Student Center the Vice Chancellor for Research will speak and the new REACH Award winners will be announced and awards will be given for the best poster presentations in each category (Undergraduate and Graduate).
CARP will be F2F in the Student Center in the Art Alley area, 2nd floor of the Student Center, sponsored by Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Costas Tsatsoulis.
The Creative Activities and Research Presentations is held each spring to celebrate the research, scholarly, and creative activities of SIU Carbondale undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines. Students are invited to display a poster explaining their project.
The Graduate Student Professional Council and Sigma Xi are supporters of the event.
This year's forum will be held April 9th, 2026 at the Student Center second floor Art Alley.
Check In Time starts at 8:30 for Session #1 and at 10:15 for Session # 2.
Presenters, please complete both steps.
Judges, to complete the 1 step sign up to volunteer to judge posters click here: 2026 CARP Judge
To book a time with Tremel to print your poster in the OVCR click CARP 2026 POSTER PRINTING