Collaborative Research Competition

Trisha Yarbrough Collaborative Research Competition
2026 National Convention > Collaborative Research Competition

Alpha Chi is an interdisciplinary honor society, and this annual competition is one way Alpha Chi fosters collaboration among student members from these different academic fields. The competition is named for Dr. Trisha Yarbrough, the society’s third executive director who was responsible for the idea that Alpha Chi, a multidisciplinary organization, should proactively encourage collaborative undergraduate research with an express focus on finding solutions for real-world issues thus clearly making “scholarship effective for good,” the society’s charge to members since the 1930s.

The competition is judged by an interdisciplinary panel of judges that evaluates multiple competition elements. Any Alpha Chi chapter may assemble an interdisciplinary team to research a common goal. See below to learn about this year's top team.

$5,000 First Place Team: Arizona Alpha, Grand Canyon University

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