Join us for this special live event where Illinois graduate students share their remarkable research in three minutes or less!
The 2026 Research Live! Finalist Showcase will include live presentations from our finalists, voting for the People's Choice Award, and an announcement of the winners!
Our final round judges will award Grand Prize and special recognition awards. Finalist Showcase audience members will vote for the People's Choice Award.
The event will be held in person on Tuesday, April 7, at 5:00 p.m. at the Gregory Hall Auditorium, Room 112 (810 S. Wright St., Urbana).
Congratulations to the Finalists!
- Asif Ahmed (Mechanical Engineering)
- Bayezid Baten (Civil Engineering)
- Prajna Beladakere Krishnamurthy (Speech and Hearing Science)
- Brian Graves (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology)
- Colin Hochstetler (Music)
- Hyunju Park (Agricultural and Applied Economics)
- Nick Pierle (Music)
- Weiqing Qu (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology)
- Nate Wahl (Education Policy, Organization and Leadership)
Cheer on the finalists and vote for your favorite!
This event is open to the public. Everyone is welcome to join us.