Eligibility, rules, and submission

Student Research Symposium: eligibility and rules

The Student Research Symposium is sponsored by Sigma Xi Columbia-Willamette Chapter, and in 2020 is held jointly with the Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Sciences.  The Symposium is open to undergraduate and graduate students in the sciences, social sciences, and engineering, from any academic institution in Oregon or Southwest Washington. All presentations are posters. A student cannot be lead author on more than one poster. Other students and faculty may be co-authors. The lead author must be present at the symposium to answer viewers' questions. The symposium organizers may recategorize abstracts and combine categories.

To be considered for a poster award, the primary student author must 1) submit an abstract to Sigma Xi C-W below, and 2) register for the Oregon Academy of Science meeting (students: $20).

Abstract submission information:

The abstract submission form is inactive. When active, it asks for the following:

•     Lead student author

•     Student status

•     Co-authors

•     Faculty advisor

•     Academic affiliations

•     Category:

•         Behavioral and social sciences (including psychology)

•         Biological science

•         Biomedical science (including health sciences and kinesiology)

•         Chemistry

•         Earth and environmental science

•         Engineering

•         Mathematics and computer science

•         Physics

•         Other fields not covered among the above categories

•     Departments or programs (to help with classification)

•     Abstract (maximum 250 words, text only, no pdf or Word files)

• Guidance on poster format and content

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