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Resources

Professional Organizations & Meetings

KINESIOLOGY & BEHVIORAL MEDICINE

New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine 

  • Fall Conference - October, 2024, Springfield, MA

  • Spring Meeting 

American College of Sports Medicine 

  • Annual Meeting 

    • May 28-31, 2024 

    • Boston, MA 

    • Abstracts due: November 29, 2023 

    • Abstract fee: $50 for in-person; $100 for ePoster (online) 

  • Health and Fitness Summit 

    • February 22-25, 2024 

    • Chicago, IL 
       

Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting 

  • March 13-16, 2024 

  • Philadelphia, PA 

  • Abstracts due: September 8, 2023 

  • Abstract fee: TBD 

 

International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference 

  • May 20-24, 2024 

  • Omaha, NE, US 

  • Abstracts due: December 5, 2023 

  • Abstract fee: None listed 

 

North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine Biennial Meeting 

  • August 7-10, 2024 

  • Louisville, KY 

SLEEP SCIENCE

Associated Professional Sleep Societies 

  • Annual SLEEP Meeting 

  • June 1-5, 2024 

  • Houston, TX 

  • Abstracts due: December 20, 2023 

  • Abstract fee: $50 


International Pediatric Sleep Association
 

  • IPSA Congress (Biennial) 

  • April 26–28, 2024 

  • Glasgow, Scotland 

  • Abstracts due 1/15/24 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting 

  • April 30 - May 3, 2025 

  • Minneapolis, MN 

On Campus Meetings & Conference

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

 

Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference 

  • April 19, 2024 

  • Format: In-person, poster 

  • Abstracts due: February 23, 2024 

UMass Psychological and Brain Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Spring 2024 (TBA)

  • Format: In-person, poster

  • Abstracts due: TBA

UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE STUDENTS

UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences Research Day

  • April 17, 2024, 12-5 pm 

  • Format: In-person, poster 

  • Abstracts due: TBA 

Research

STUDY DESIGN
 
Types of Research
 

Quantitative Research

Qualitative Research 


Study Designs

General 

 

Observational Designs 


Research Articles

 

General

WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER

 

General

 

Study Design Checklists

The Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research is a network that contains a 'comprehensive searchable database of reporting guidelines and also links to other resources relevant to research reporting.'  The following are checklists that we may utilize in our research. Checklists may have some specific topic supplements and amendments ('extensions') that you should check out as well.  

Internal Funding

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Honors College Scholarships

Find support to help you afford your undergraduate education in Commonwealth Honors College at UMass Amherst.

Honors College Research Funding

Honors Research Grants 

  • Up to $1000 to pay for materials/activities related to project 

  • Juniors for fall: mid-April 

  • Juniors & seniors for spring: mid-October 

 

Research Assistant Fellowships 

  • Up to $500/semester (supplemental financial assistance) 

  • Juniors for fall: mid-April 

  • Juniors & seniors for spring: mid-October 

 

UMass Research Centers & Institutes

Center for Research on Families (CRF) Undergraduate Family Research Award

  • $1,000 for research expenses

  • Juniors or seniors for thesis or research project aligning with family research 

  • Due mid-November

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