The 2025 DCSCEP Call for Proposals is now open.
Deadline for Proposals
March 17th, 2025 by 11:59 pm, E.T.
đź”—Proposal Submission Form
Thank you to all who have submitted proposals.
About the Conference
DCSCEP is a graduate student-organized, one-day evaluation conference based in the Washington, DC region. Our goal is to provide graduate and other post-secondary students in the fields of evaluation and policy an opportunity to present original research and network with professionals and faculty in those fields.
Attendance at the conference is open to all graduate students, but student poster and paper presentations are reserved for students currently enrolled at, or recently graduated from (within 1 year), colleges and universities in the greater Washington metropolitan area.
Conference Schedule
Here is a high-level overview of the 2025 DCSCEP program schedule (subject to change):
- Opening session: A keynote address by Nicole Bowman, PhD
- Morning sessions: Concurrent presentations of student research
- Early afternoon session: Moderated panel discussion with Q&A
- Late afternoon sessions: Concurrent presentations of student research
Presentations
All presenters will have 10-12 minutes to present their original research and a brief period (3-5 minutes) to address questions from conference participants. Times are subject to adjustment based on accepted presentations. The presentation format is flexible, though we recommend presenters prepare 10-15 slides to share ideas, concepts, and results from their research. Students may also use a research poster as the basis for their presentation. Examples of previous presentations are available in this Google Drive folder for consideration.
General Proposal GuidelinesÂ
All papers are to be authored and presented by students. Co-authored work is allowed, but the student should have a large/primary role in the project. Presentations can be oriented in evaluation/policy toward:
- Any domain of practice – education, health, social work, etc.
- Any discipline – psychology, political science, education, etc.
- Any methodology – empirical, conceptual, theory, analytical, etc.
- Any focus – process, methodology, theory, utilization, etc.
Proposal Submission Format
Students will first submit contact information, author details, proposal abstracts and presentation preference in the online form. đź”—Proposal Submission Form
Author Details
Title of proposal; main author’s name, e-mail address, and telephone number; co-author names and affiliation (if relevant).
ProposalÂ
Submissions should include the title of the proposal, significance of the study or evaluation work, objectives, relevance to the conference themes, perspectives or theoretical framework, methods and/or techniques, results, and conclusions. The proposal abstract must be 300 words or less. We recommend that you type out your proposal beforehand in a Word document, based on the call for proposals outline. This will be a way to safeguard your information and allow you to copy it into the submission form.
Deadline for Proposal Submission
Proposal submissions via the Proposal Submission Form are due by 11:59 pm ET, March 17th, 2025. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of faculty and students on the DCSCEP Organizing Committee. Authors will be notified of decisions by March 28, 2025 via email.
Note for Presenters
This is a virtual conference that will be hosted on Zoom. Presenters are responsible for having the technological equipment to access the conference and present their work. If you require accommodations to present or address questions, please indicate these in the proposal submission form or contact the DCSCEP team at the email addresses below.
American Sign Language Interpreting Services
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) will have American Sign Language Interpreting Services (ASL) on standby at the conference and will be available upon request. To request interpreting services for a specific event please contact GAOTranslationSvcs@gao.gov. For more information about Reasonable Accommodations, contact the Reasonable Accommodations Team at ReasonableAccommodations@gao.gov.
Questions?
For any questions related to the DCSCEP Call for Proposals, please email Amy Lebrecht at alebrech@gmu.edu.
