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Title and authors

• Title should match what was submitted during registration
• List presenting author(s) first

Author contributions

• Design and creation of the poster/digital presentation should be primarily the work of the presenting author(s)
• All authors listed must be informed of their authorship and given an opportunity to review and approve
• Each poster/presentation must include an Author Contribution Statement modeled after the example below:

Example (authors are Donald Duck, Harry Potter, and Minnie Mouse)

Author Contribution Statement

DD:聽 Designed the poster, generated data in Figures 2, 3, and 5

HP:聽 Contributed to the design of the experiments, generated data in Figure 4

MM:聽 Oversaw the project design and execution, provided funding

Dimensions:

Poster boards are 3鈥� tall x 4鈥� wide (36 x 48 inches). Your poster must not exceed these dimensions. You will be provided with push pins to hang your poster.

Poster printing:

Immersion 汤头条, with support from the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, are pleased to sponsor the cost of printing posters for all participants. To participate, students must submit their final poster (36 x 48 inches) in PDF format. Instructions and due dates for submission will be provided after registration. The poster becomes the property of the student following the symposium.

Students who do not choose this option are responsible for printing expenses. Students may also choose to prepare 8.5鈥� by 11鈥� inch figures to print on standard sheets of paper.聽 These sheets of paper can then be attached to the supplied poster board with push-pins.

Organization:

The most effective use of the available space is usually to use a grid plan arranged in columns. This arrangement prevents viewers from having to cross back and forth in front of each other.

The contents of the poster or slides should convey:

• The problem (what is your question?)
• Significance (why should anyone care?)
• How your experiment/approach addresses the problem (what is your strategy and/or objective?)
• The methods/experiments/tasks performed (what did you actually do?)
• The results obtained (what did you actually find?)
• The conclusions (what do you think it all means?)
• Future directions (where do you go from here?)

Know Your Message:

• What is the one thing you want your audience to learn from your project?
• Reinforce this message throughout the presentation
• If it doesn鈥檛 support your message鈥eave it out!

Hints for Presentation Design:

Make it understandable and easy to follow. Your poster or slides should be:

• Clear
• Concise (bullet points, numbered lists, etc.)
• Simple
• Large fonts so people can read the poster at a distance
• Figures or tables instead of text

Consider your audience! You should assume that you will be presenting your work to interested, smart people, but people who are not experts in your research area. Several people of varying degrees of interest and experience may be viewing your poster at once. Therefore, you will want to make your points as complete and brief as possible.

• Know your field of study
  • Read or re-read some relevant literature
• Know your audience (students, faculty, staff)
• If you don鈥檛 know an answer to a question, it is all right to say聽 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know鈥︹�� or 鈥淚鈥檓 not sure about that鈥︹�� or 鈥淚鈥檒l have to look that up鈥︹��
• Don鈥檛 disappear!!!
  • Be present at your designated presentation time (at the very minimum!!)
  • Be prepared not to leave for a while
• Wear comfortable shoes 鈥� you鈥檒l be standing for a couple of hours
• Take a bathroom break beforehand
• Have a bottle of water handy!
• Don鈥檛 ignore people at your poster/presentation
  • Don鈥檛 spend too much time with one person at the expense of others
• Do give people space
  • Let them look your poster over
  • Let them ask you a question first, or after a few minutes ask them if they have any questions
  • Have a prepared a 5-min聽summary for those who would like a 鈥渞un-through鈥� of your poster or presentation
  • Start with the statement of 鈥渂ig picture鈥濃�.e., why did you do this study
  • Remember you are not the only one presenting at the meeting鈥eople聽have many posters and presentations to see
  • If someone is very interested 鈥� you will know

General Information:

• Indicate interest in participating when you register for the symposium.
• You will receive a link to InfoReady that will allow you to submit your poster.
• Submissions for judging are due by the deadline provide upon registration. No exceptions will be made.
• The poster will be judged in the subject category that you choose when registering for the Research Symposium:
  • Basic and Natural Sciences
  • Clinical and Translational Research
  • Engineering
  • Public Health, Epidemiology, and Health Sciences
  • Social, Behavioral, Educational Sciences, and Humanities
  • Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics

Submission Information:

• Whether you are presenting a printed poster or slides on your personal device at the Research Fair, you must submit a聽single page聽for judging.
• Use the 36 x 48 inch poster format.
• After making your poster/slide, save the file as a pdf.
• Make sure that the resolution is high enough for judges to zoom in without causing the image/text to become pixelated.
• Remember that your poster must stand on its own 鈥� your poster will be scored and prizes will be selected prior to the Research Fair.

See the 鈥淩equirements for all presentations鈥� information. Posters that do not include an Author Contribution Statement will receive a point deduction.