Instructions

Eligibility is limited to students registered in the Graduate College or Professional Program of the University of Illinois at Chicago during the academic year 2007-2008.

Abstracts:

Students must submit an abstract by 8am Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Click here to complete the abstract submission form.

Information requested includes the Presenter and Advisor names, Emails and Department. Presentation Categories are Physical Science, Life Sciences or Humanities/Social Sciences. In addition, if the research involves human subjects; animal subjects; or rDNA or infectious agents protocol number/s must be provided.

Abstract Contents

Title (no longer than 2 lines, with a maximum of 68 characters per line)
All authors’ names with presenter’s name first
You will be judged for clarity and completeness. Include research aims, methods, results and conclusions.
Limit the abstract to 250 words.

Limited funding opportunities to defray presentation expenses

Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged with an email from the Forum Coordinator.

Preparation for posters

All presenters will be present at their stations during their assigned period for judging. Assignment of time periods, 10am - noon or from noon - 2pm will be made one week prior the forum and presenters will be informed by email a week prior to the Forum.

Presentation by poster (mainly for physical, life, and social sciences)

Poster size: DO NOT EXCEED 3 feet by 6 feet. The poster has to be printed with a landscape orientation.
Poster set up between 9:30 - 10am, poster removal by 3pm.
Students will present a 5-7 minute summary of the poster followed by questions from each judge during the assigned time period. See judges section.

Presentation by paper (mainly for humanities)

In addition to the abstract, Humanities graduate students may submit a five page written paper by noon, Friday, April 13, 2007, or prepare a poster as detailed above.
Students must complete any desired set-up of their stations between 9:30 - 10am. Students should minimally make their name and the title of their papers clearly visible at the station. All materials at the station must be cleared by 3 pm.
Judges will have read the papers in advance. Students will present a 5-7 minute summary of the paper followed by questions from each judge during the assigned time period. See judges section.

For questions, please contact the Forum Coordinator, Emilie Sauvee at esauvee@uic.edu