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What is the Research Competition at CUCOH?

The Canadian Undergraduate Conference on Healthcare (CUCOH) is the largest student-run undergraduate healthcare conference of its kind in Canada. The next conference will be held in January 2025 at Queen's University (Kingston). As a conference focused on health-related innovation, CUCOH is proud to offer a National-Scale Research Competition that showcases the efforts of undergraduate researchers across Canada. Our mission is to create an environment that fosters a vibrant exchange of ideas between students and industry professionals to develop leadership, inspiration, and an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of Canadian healthcare today.

2025-2026 Call for Abstracts

Applications are now open for the 2025-2026 conference!

The deadline to submit is October 31st, 2025

Included Benefits for Abstract Submission: All selected abstracts will be published in the official 2026 Canadian Undergraduate Conference on Healthcare Abstract Book by the URNSCT Journal – ensuring your work reaches a wider academic audience and be formally recognized! Participants of the Research Competition will have the opportunity to receive valuable feedback from experienced researchers and professors from a variety of disciplines to refine their research.

Please see the application form below for more information:

 

This year, undergraduate students from across the country will come together at Queen’s University (Kingston) to showcase their research findings via oral or poster presentations.

 
 
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Posters

Delegates interact with our presenters and ask questions about their research. The poster session is an event block dedicated to these presentations, allowing every presenter a fair opportunity to share their research.

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Orals

Our oral presentations are timed presentations given to an audience consisting of general delegates, other oral presenters, and judges. Each delegate is assigned to attend at least one oral presentation session, allowing every presenter a fair opportunity to share their research.