Frequently Asked Questions

Please refer to the following guide for information on how to submit your abstract.

There is no mask policy at the Graduate Research Symposium. Presenters and visitors are encouraged to take steps to make themselves feel safe and comfortable at the event. All presenters may present with a mask on.

We ask that you treat all presenters with courtesy while they present, and place your devices on silent/airplane mode.. Electronic note-taking is permitted and encouraged. If you would like to take pictures or videos during a presentation, please ask for the consent of the presenter before the presentation begins.

At registration, you will receive a welcome packet that has your room assignment inside. If you’ve lost your room assignment, find a Graduate Research Symposium volunteer, and they will assist you! For oral presentations, laptops, projectors, and screens will be provided. 

For each presentation, 15 minutes is allotted. There will be timekeepers in every room to notify you when the end of your time is approaching. You should allot 8-10 minutes for your presentation and approximately 3-5 minutes for questions and Judging. 

We ask that you stay in your scheduled room for the entirety of each presentation, to avoid disturbing the speaker. If you are presenting at multiple sessions, we ask that you wait until after the next speaker is finished before leaving your assigned room. 

In order to avoid taking down a poster before being judged, we advise all presenters to leave their posters up for the entirety of the session.

If you find out that you cannot present your research before the symposium, reach out to the GPSG vice-president at gpsgvicepresident@charlotte.edu.

If something urgent arises on the day of the symposium, find the nearest GRS volunteer and ask them to direct you to a GPSG executive board member.