The Innovate & Educate Student Research Competition serves as one of the the main IHL programs that promotes research and scientific collaboration within the conference.

• Once students apply to the IHLP, admitted students will have the opportunity to create and submit a research project related to any topic related to science, public health, and medicine.

• All students will submit 3 key components for their project: an abstract, a research poster, and a virtual presentation

• All submitted projects will be evaluated and selected projects will be featured on the IHL Innovate & Educate Platform!

• A select number of projects will be chosen for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards

Only students admitted to the IHLP will be eligible to take part in Innovate & Educate.

The general program timeline will be updated soon.

It is important to note that all components of the research project will be submitted virtually according to the guidelines set by IHLP. There is a virtual conference for project presentations, but everything will be submitted individually and later featured via the IHL Innovate & Educate platform.

Specific dates/deadlines will be released to admitted students in at the start of the program.

Students are encouraged to submit a project individually.

General Requirements:

• Project topics must be related to science, public health, or medicine

• If chosen, projects will be judged and 3 winners will be chosen

• Students may choose to submit either:

  • An experimental research project proposal (i.e. utilized scientific method, collected data, completed analysis, and drew conclusions)

  • An observational, informative, or literature review based project proposal (i.e. focused on educating individuals about a specific public health or medicine related topic/ issue)

• All selected participants must be able to submit all 3 components required by IHLP for their research project

  • Specific submission requirements (i.e. abstract formatting, poster requirements, etc.) will be sent out once the program begins

• 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners will be determined

As part of the program, resources regarding abstract development, creating a research poster, and presenting a research project will be provided as the program progresses. Specific workshops and informational sessions will also be available to admitted students!

Further information will be sent out to admitted students once the program begins.