Sample Research Paper Topics

Take note of some successful topics used by students:

• College students misusing credit cards
• Proving the necessity /importance of arts education
• Developing emotional intelligence in school-aged children
• Preventing Wal-Mart from moving into a small town
• Trying violent juveniles as adults
• Allowing gay people to adopt children
• Censoring the Internet in schools
• Helping young female athletes with eating disorders
• Identifying and treating adolescent depression
• Getting young people to vote
• Reducing violent crime
• Preventing teenage pregnancy
• Proposing a change in policy to your company or school

Consult these pages for more help on finding a topic:

• Use library & electronic resources to find a topic.
• Complete a worksheet to help find a topic.

Selecting a Topic

E-mail your comments and suggestions to the YSU Grant Team (cardcat@bgnet.bgsu.edu).