CWiC Events

Emerging Scholar Talk

The EST award is given to recognize an undergraduate who has demonstrated excellence in scholarship and speaking.

Through the Emerging Scholar Talk (EST) competition, CWiC honors students with both strong research projects and superior speaking abilities by providing those students with a public forum in which to talk about their academic work. All undergraduates are invited to apply. Qualified applicants have conducted research on their own while undergraduate students at Penn. (Co-authored research is not eligible for the EST.)

The CWiC-EST editorial board will select students to include in the series and work with those students to hone their presentations. Because student speakers communicate their work to a broad audience, the series offers participants and audiences a chance to share ideas across disciplinary bounds. Currently, one scholar is selected each spring. The Emerging Scholar will be recognized during the College's Student Awards Ceremony in May.

Email your questions (not your application) to Dr. Sue Weber at weberes@sas.upenn.edu.

Click here to view 2012 poster.

2012 Application Instructions

Application: Complete the online EST application form. There will be 5 prompts to address, please to not exceed 1,000 words for all responses combined. (Do not include a working draft of a research paper or other materials. We will not review them.)

Interview: If selected for an nterview, you will recieve an email with an interview date/time by February 12th. You will be prompted to list the times that you will be available between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on February 13th through 17th on the application. (You should be able to set this time aside until interviews are scheduled.)

2012 CWiC Emerging Scholar Talk Timeline:

Application Deadline Extended to Friday, February 10th!
Monday-Friday, February 13th-17th--select candidates interview and present brief (5 min.) presentations
Monday, February 20th--Emerging Scholar announced
mid-February through mid-April--Emerging Scholar works with speaking advisors weekly
mid-April--Emerging Scholar presents research to Penn audience
May--College of Arts and Sciences Award Ceremony, $500 prize awarded