Announcements and Updates
The Office for Research Integrity and Compliance sponsors research opportunities for undergraduate students through a variety of collaborations and events.
News
INBRE Students Take Home Awards at 2024 Conference
Idaho State University’s contingent of INBRE fellows made their way home from this year’s conference with a handful of honors. To read more about the honors received by INBRE undergraduate research students, click here.
Student Spotlight
Doing it Right: Navajo Upbringing Key to Veronica Miller’s Success in Chemistry at Idaho State
Announcements
Congratulations to the 2026 Research and Creative Works Symposium Winners!
Undergraduate Awards
Undergraduate Creative Works
- Amanda Coburn, “When the Witch Becomes the Hunter: Illustrating Shared Characteristics of Contemporary United States Politics and the European Witch Hunts”
Top Undergraduate Posters
- Biological and Natural Sciences: Grace Cain, “Synthesizing Probes and Refining a Protocol for In Situ Hybridization of Androgen Related Molecules in Bluebanded Gobies”
- Engineering, Physical and Mathematical: Levi Farber, “Experimental Identification of Dynamic Battery Impedance for Predicting Embedded System Voltage Droop”
- Health, Nutrition and Clinical Sciences: Mateya Rogers, “Effect of OID on Radiographic Magnification”
- Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences: Madelyn Shaw, “Disability Bias in Clinical Psychology Program Admissions in the Pre Application Stage”
Undergraduate Oral Presentations
- First Place: Reagan Piel, “Body Orientation During the Performance of Parental Behaviors in the Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli)”
- Second Place (Tie): Levi Farber, “Experimental Identification of Dynamic Battery Impedance for Predicting Embedded System Voltage Droop”
- Second Place (Tie): Sanaly Nava, “Assessing the Potential of GABA Producing Probiotics for Healthy Aging”
Graduate Awards
Graduate Creative Works
- Lauren Elmore, “Somnambulist”
Top Graduate Posters
- Biological and Natural Sciences: Anyauba Nmaju, “Characterizing a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by group A streptococcus”
- Education, Learning and Training: Andrija Sevaljevic, “Design and Implementation of a Reusable Web Based Visualization System for Algorithmic and Logical Problem Solving”
- Engineering, Physical and Mathematical: Costain Nachuma, “Teaming Up with Autonomous AI Agents for Software Development: Where Are We Heading?”
- Health, Nutrition and Clinical Sciences: Pooja Sapkota, “SAR Guided Discovery of Positive Allosteric Modulators of α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors for the Treatment of Hidden Hearing Loss”
- Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences: Donovan Olson, “Manipulating Self Efficacy to Probe Metacognitive Monitoring and Control in Musical Pattern Recognition”
- Business, Economics & Public Administration: Michelle Collier, “Bridging the Training Gap in Rural 911 Dispatch Agencies: A Public Administration Study”
Top Graduate Oral Presentations
- Biological and Natural Sciences: Scot Erickson, “Moose Rub Selection and Behavior Along the South Fork of the Snake River”
- Business, Economics and Public Administration: Mauri Lish, “The Evolution of Governing in Cyberspace: Evaluating Threat Occurrence and Policy Effectiveness”
- Education, Learning and Training: Andrija Sevaljevic, “Design and Implementation of a Reusable Web Based Visualization System for Algorithmic and Logical Problem Solving”
- Engineering, Physical and Mathematical: Costain Nachuma, “Teaming Up with Autonomous AI Agents for Software Development: Where Are We Heading?”
- Health, Nutrition and Clinical Sciences: Rachel Brown, “Assessing Nutrition Education and Counseling in Health Science Graduate Students and Practitioners”
- Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences: Joshua Richardson, “Effects of Visual Food Cues and Non Food Cues on Delay Discounting and Salivation”
The Idaho Undergraduate Research Conference is scheduled for 2026.
"We invite you and your students to attend and participate in the Idaho Conference for Undergraduate Research (ICUR) held at Boise State University on Wednesday, July 15 and Thursday, July 16, 2026."
If you or your colleagues are conducting research related to energy–water systems, you may be interested in the Summer Authentic Research Experience (SARE), sponsored by the Idaho EPSCoR office through the I-CREWS project. Faculty from two- and four-year colleges and universities across Idaho are encouraged to apply. Faculty applications are now open: https://idahocrews.org/
STEM Undergraduate Student Travel Funds
The Office for Research has limited funds available for Higher Education Research Council for students academic conferences to present their research. These funds are available to all STEM majors, including: students in political science, sociology, and psychology (not clinical).
For more information, reach out to Sonia Martinez at soniamartinez@isu.edu.