CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION (CAE)
If you want to pursue undergraduate research and need accommodations, please contact the Center for Accessible Education (CAE). Students are not required to be enrolled in a course as part of your undergraduate research experience for the CAE to assist you.
TRAININGS
The UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program offers trainings throughout the year, which go over how to make digital work more accessible to others.
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Use Vischeck to check figures (charts, graphs, etc.) to make sure they are visible to people with different forms of colorblindness.
Visit this page for information on how to add alternative text to images. Alternative text provides a textual alternative to images that can be read by screen readers, allowing it to be accessible to those with visual or cognitive disabilities.
You can use this guide from the UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program to make your documents accessible for people that use screen readers.
This Web Accessibility Starter Guide provides advice on how to make websites accessible for all users.
What can you get out of attending a conference? Former student, Caliope Marin, shares her conference advice to students attending the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 2020 Conference, but it’s universal to any undergraduate conference.
Each year, hundreds of UCLA students present their research at numerous conferences across the country, which range from the regional and national level. There are also opportunities to attend a student-oriented conference.
There are also many opportunities for students to give poster or oral presentations on campus, including during Undergraduate Research Week.
Below are a list of conferences UCLA students frequently attend and present at.
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition
American Chemical Society National Meeting
American Geophysical Union Meeting
American Indian Science and Engineering Society National ConferenceÂ
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Conference (AIChE)
American Psychological Association Convention
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyÂ
American Society for Cell Biology Meeting
American Society for Human Genetics Annual Meeting
American Statistical Association (ASA) Symposium on Data Science and StatisticsÂ
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES)
Black Doctoral Network Conference (BDN)
Citizen Science Association Biennial ConferenceÂ
Emerging Researchers National Conference (ERN)
Great Minds in Stem Conference (GMiS)
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting
International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC)
Latinxs & the Environment Conference
Meteorological Society Student Conference
Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational ChemistryÂ
National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC)
National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR)Â – Submitting an abstract to NCUR? Click here for information about the UCLA Campus Coordinator
Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting
Sigma Xi Student Research ConferenceÂ
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention
Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR)
Stanford Research Conference (SRC)
Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and BiochemistryÂ
UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference
US National Combustion MeetingÂ
West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (WCBSUR)
Read Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures from PLOS Computational Biology
Use Vischeck to make sure your figures (charts, graphs, etc.) are visible to people with colorblindness.
Visit this page for information on how to add alternative text to images. Alternative text provides a textual alternative to images that can be read by screen readers, allowing it to be accessible to those with visual or cognitive disabilities.
Presenting your research is a culmination of the process of scientific discovery. Being able to clearly communicate your research to both general and scientific audiences is a key skill to develop. Below are some links to materials about poster presentations and oral presentations.
Check out this Quick Guide for links on creating accessible presentations (scroll down on page for PPT guidelines)
42″ by 42″ Poster Template
How to Design a Poster PresentationÂ
How to Create a Poster using PowerPointÂ
Poster Format Example  (courtesy of MARC student, Jessica Jimenez)
Gallery of posters to use for ideas for your own posterÂ
UCLA WRITING CENTER
Vistit the UCLA Writing Center to make an appointment to review your Cover letters, CVs, or papers.
MAKE YOUR DOCUMENTS ACCESSIBLE
You can use this guide from the UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program to make your PDFs and documents accessible for people that use screen readers.
COVER LETTERS AND CVs
THE ABSTRACT
THE RESEARCH PAPER
A guide to science writing prepared by UCLA’s Undergraduate Science Journal
Introductions and conclusions for scientific papers  by the George Mason University Writing Center
The Science of Scientific Writing  by American Scientist
Scientific Writing Booklet  compiled by Marc Tischler, Ph.D. University of Arizona
ORCIDÂ provides a digital identifier to help track all published work and help distinguish yourself from other researchers
WI+RE Reading Strategies compile tutorials to help students learn to analyze research papers and academic articles.
Use Vischeck to make sure your figures (charts, graphs, etc.) are visible to people with colorblindness
Visit this page for information on how to add alternative text to images. Alternative text provides a textual alternative to images that can be read by screen readers, allowing it to be accessible to those with visual or cognitive disabilities.
If you are sharing your research via website, take a look at this page to create an accessible website.
URC-SCIENCES TRAVEL
The URC-Sciences travel grant is currently closed.
OTHER TRAVEL GRANTS
Biology Division of the Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biology Travel Awards
UCLA USAC Academic Affairs Commission: Travel Grant Mini Fund
UCLA CSW Travel Grants