2025: If you could travel into the past or the future to tell people about your research or creative endeavor, where would you go, who would you talk with, and what would you tell them?

2024: What would your 11-year-old self think is the coolest or most surprising part of the work you do today?

2023: What is it about your research or creative activity that gives you life, makes you feel “glitter in your stomach”?

2022: What skill or ability have you developed through your research or creative activity that you think would make the world better if everyone had it? 

2021: TRUTH OR DARE! Choose one: Truth — tell us about a time when you hated your research, and how and why you persevered. Dare — perform a love letter to your research.

2019: What’s the biggest misconception people have about your field, or about research in general?

2018: Describe a moment or experience where you first began to feel like a real researcher/scholar.

2017: Tell the story of a big research mistake you made and what you learned from it.

2016: Tell us about a “Eureka!” moment you’ve had in your research.

Follow the instructions below to apply by 11:59pm on Thursday, March 26!

• Click the red "+" icon in the bottom right corner of your screen

• In the message subject, enter your name and email address

• In the message body, indicate which prompt you are responding to from the provided list

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• Click "video recorder" and follow the instructions to record and submit your video! Note that your submission will only be visible to the selection committee.

• Remember: You won't have access to slides during your Slam talk, and your application video should follow the same principle (no added images or text). Physical props are okay if they help you tell your story!