Symposium of Rising Scholars Spring 2025 Academic Conference

Our Twelfth Symposium will be a virtual event held on Saturday March 22nd, 2025 beginning at 8am PT.

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About the Symposium

Polygence's Symposium of Rising Scholars is an bi-annual virtual academic conference where Polygence students present and share their research with their peers and experts. The Symposium also includes a College Admissions Panel.

Our Fall 2024 Symposium featured approximately 400 student presenters from all over the world. To take a look at some of the highlights from previous events, check out the "Our Past Symposia" section below.

For any questions about the event, you can reach the Symposium team at [email protected]

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Express Interest in the Spring 2025 Symposium

The next Symposium of Rising Scholars will be held on Saturday, March 22nd 2025 from 8am PT - 1pm PT.

To express interest in presenting at or attending the event, please complete the below interest form. Please note, this is not the application to present at the Symposium.

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Check out our Fall 2024
Symposium Award Winners!

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Our Past Symposia

Take a look at some of our featured Symposium presentation sessions, panels and keynote speeches below!

Conference talks

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Panels

Keynote speeches

About
Polygence

Polygence is an online research academy founded by Harvard, MIT and Stanford researchers dedicated to democratizing access to research opportunities for high school students.