{"id":1851,"date":"2026-06-30T12:25:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fintech.morgan.edu\/conference-2026\/?page_id=1851"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:00:54","slug":"emerging-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fintech.morgan.edu\/conference-2026\/conference\/emerging-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Research Track"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1851\" class=\"elementor elementor-1851\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25a0077f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25a0077f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2978192f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2978192f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emerging Research Track<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eeb6473 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4eeb6473\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf0e09d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf0e09d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">new for 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce293f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce293f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96811a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f96811a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0fd17f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0fd17f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fintech.morgan.edu\/conference-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ERIF-Announcement_horizontal.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"ERIF-Announcement_horizontal\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTkwNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2ZpbnRlY2gubW9yZ2FuLmVkdVwvY29uZmVyZW5jZS0yMDI2XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvRVJJRi1Bbm5vdW5jZW1lbnRfaG9yaXpvbnRhbC53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fintech.morgan.edu\/conference-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ERIF-Announcement_horizontal.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1904\" alt=\"ERIF Announcement\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea33ca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea33ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 7th National HBCU Blockchain, FinTech, and AI Conference will include an Emerging Research Track for faculty, researchers, doctoral students, graduate students, and emerging scholars who are developing promising early-stage research ideas.<\/p><p>Participants may submit a 3 to 4 page structured abstract that identifies a research question, explains its significance, and outlines a proposed method for conducting the study. <strong>Accepted presenters will deliver a five-minute lightning talk<\/strong>\u00a0using no more than\u00a0<strong>three slides<\/strong>.<\/p><p>This forum is intended to help participants refine research questions, strengthen methods, identify collaborators, and develop ideas into future full papers, grant proposals, curriculum projects, or publishable research.<\/p><p>The deadline for submissions is <strong>Wednesday, July 10th<\/strong>. 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