Education Research Symposium
Save the Date: December 2, 2026
The Office of Education Research, within the Office of Applied Scholarship and Education Science (OASES), is pleased to announce the 2026 Education Research Symposium. The purpose of this Symposium is to promote community, build research capacity, and showcase the scholarly activity of Mayo Clinic educators. This all-day symposium will be held in Rochester, MN with a virtual option for those not able to join in-person. During the symposium, we have the honor of being joined by Dorene F. Balmer, Ph.D. as our visiting professor.
Event details and a full schedule will be announced in the coming months. Please plan to attend! This event is FREE to join.
Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: Monday, September 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM PDT (notification by late October)
Abstract Submission Portal: https://surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_ebuBKmVEXNWZmZM\
We invite you to share your scholarly work at the 2026 Mayo Clinic Education Research Symposium, a hybrid event showcasing education research and innovation across our enterprise. This year’s symposium will feature an in-person poster session, as well as hybrid oral presentations to enable enterprise-wide participation.
The event is open to all Mayo Clinic employees—including consulting staff, allied health professionals, administrative and support personnel, and trainees—as well as University of Minnesota Rochester faculty. We especially encourage submissions from individuals who are newer to education research. We aim to broaden participation in our education research community by fostering a welcoming and supportive space to share ideas, spark collaborations, and grow together as scholars and educators.
What Can Be Submitted?
We welcome submissions representing all forms of education scholarship, including:
- Research on teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, or professional development
- Reviews or knowledge syntheses of existing evidence on teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, or professional development
- Evaluation of education programs and innovations
- Conceptual or integrative scholarship on educational theory, policy, or practice
Completed work or work in progress are eligible for consideration. Accepted submissions will be presented in one of two formats:
- Oral presentation (limited number of slots available)
- Poster presentation (more widely available)
Abstract Submission Requirements
All abstracts must be entered into an online form (see link above). Submitters will be asked to complete:
- Submission category (completed project or work in progress)
- Preferred presentation format (oral and/or poster)
- Project title, authors, school(s) and site(s) involved
- Submitter information (name, email, department/division, location)
- Presenter information (name, email, department/division, location)
- Abstract (up to 2,500 characters [approx. 400 words]) - When constructing your abstract, please consider the questions below. Include headings that reflect your project's focus.
- Background: What is the educational challenge or opportunity that your project addresses?
- Purpose and Goals: What is your research question, hypothesis, or aim?
- Inquiry Approach: What methods, frameworks, or strategies are guiding your work?
- Insights or Learning So Far: Completed Projects: What are your findings and what do they mean? Works in progress: What have you learned so far?
- Next Steps: What’s planned or needed to advance the work? What aspects of your project would benefit most from peer/attendee input?
- Bibliography (up to 10 references, to be pasted separately)