Abstract Guidelines

The abstracts should include: the title and authors; and should be less than 250 words in length (excluding title and authors). All pre- and postdoctoral students are expected to submit an abstract for a poster or oral presentation.

Oral and Poster Presentations will be 10 minutes, with five minutes of questions and answers. Posters should be no larger than 36” high x 48” wide. Please do not have posters printed until after you have been notified that your abstract has been selected for poster presentation.

Judges will be using a simple scoring method based on the following criteria:

• Presentation of Hypothesis
• Appropriateness of Methods 
• Validity of Results Related to Stated Hypothesis 
• Appropriateness – Importance of Conclusions 
• Format and Organization 
• Responses to Questions 
• Innovation: Ideas/Methods/Conclusions 
• Staying on time

Participants eligible to compete for awards:

• All PhD students and postdocs in primary and secondary faculty labs
• All MS researchers residing in primary and secondary faculty labs

Check back for Abstract Submission form and deadline.