On the heels of the FAU 10th-Annual Graduate Research Day, eight of our finalists advanced to the 2019 Conference of Florida Graduate Schools (CFGS) at Florida International University on April 18, 2019. The collaborative conference and research competitions featured talented graduate students from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. In addition to our poster competitors, two of our champions from the 2018 FAU Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition, Kelley Jackson and Wilson McLean, also competed at the statewide 3MT® competition. All FAU students did an outstanding job competing against top graduate students state-wide; two of our poster competitors took home awards and scholarship prizes.