Dear SPOC,
Please note the following and share with your students and faculty.
The 4th annual Science Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) is approaching, and we are currently inviting applications from qualified undergraduates from across India!If you have worked with undergraduate students on research projects, or if you know students engaged in research, this is a terrific opportunity for them to showcase their work!
This year, the SURC will take place Sunday December 7th through Monday December 8th, 2025, on the campus of Azim Premji University, Bangalore.
As some background, the SURC was the first event organized around promoting and energizing undergraduate science research in India. In particular, the SURC allows research-focused undergraduates from all across India to come together, share their work, get feedback, and find new avenues of exploration and collaboration.
The SURC is unique in its comprehensive coverage of subjects across the sciences, as well as its emphasis on pedagogy. Applicants from smaller cities and colleges are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information, including application instructions, visit the SURC 2025 website at : Science Undergraduate Research Conference 2025 – Azim Premji University
Alternatively, you can click here to go directly to the Google Form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerkRWZk7CI5AvuLqNmhE-N5oiKoA71P4zrMFvI71zBHPU7ng/viewform
It will be great if you can help us spread the word, by forwarding this message to undergraduates who are engaged in any form of science research, as well as to colleagues who might be working with undergraduates who are currently engaged in research.
Note that the application deadline is 18 July 2025. Abstracts selected for student talks and poster presentations will be informed via email by mid September 2025.
Last year, over 120 undergraduates convened at APU from over 20 different educational institutions, to share research in the fields of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics, giving around 20 talks and 80 poster presentations on their work.
You can see highlights of last year’s SURC here:
https://youtu.be/SRav9YfryR8
For faculty: Following the SURC conference, there is an opportunity for faculty to attend the two-day Science Undergraduate Pedagogy meeting (SUP). This gathering will take place on December 9th and 10th 2025, and has a separate registration form, linked to on the SURC website in the ‘For Faculty’ section.
For more information, feel free to contact surc@apu.edu.in