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About the Research Symposium

The annual Research Symposium is part of the OSU Research Week and is sponsored by:

• OSU Graduate College
• Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer
• Graduate and Professional Student Government Association (GPSGA)
  

Submission Requirements

Eligible Participants:

• Undergraduate students enrolled through OSU-Stillwater and OSU-Tulsa
• Graduate students enrolled through OSU-Stillwater, OSU-Tulsa, and OSU-CHS
• Participants from recognized research programs (e.g., McNair programs) around the US
• Undergraduate or graduate students from other Oklahoma schools

To Register:

Registration will be open October through December 20, 2009. The registration form requires you to provide basic contact information (name, address, phone number, degree, etc) and information about your presentation.

• A presenter is limited to one presentation (either a poster or a paper). Multiple presentations can not be accepted.
• It is assumed that the first author of the presentation will complete the registration, will act as the principle contact, and will make the presentation.
• Please spell check your abstract prior to submission. If your abstract uses special characters or figures, it is recommended that you email it to the organizers (contact information is on the registration page).
• Abstract must be limited to 200 words or less.
• All submissions become the property of the OSU Graduate College and will be posted on our web site and in a Book of Abstracts.
• All submission must meet the IRB expectations of the home institutions. See the statement below.

IRB Expectations for Presentations

Research presented at the OSU Research Symposium is considered to be for the purposes of disseminating generalizable research systematically gathered and intended for publication. As such, presentations are expected to abide by all pertinent research policies, such as biosafety, animal safety, radiation safety, and use of human subjects (including surveys, questionnaires, and the like), etc. A useful resource in determining the circumstances under which review of the research by the appropriate committee is necessary can be found at http://compliance.vpr.okstate.edu/. There, OSU students can also determine OSU's research review procedures (e.g., Institutional Research Board [IRB] review); students from outside OSU should ask their advisor about their home institution's procedures for research review.

People considering submitting a presentation that originated from a "classroom project" are welcome to register. However, please note that for the purposes of presenting at the OSU Research Symposium, such "classroom projects" are considered as having been conducted for the purpose of disseminating the results to a larger body of individuals and therefore the appropriate approvals from the home institution are required.

OSU reserves the right to request proof of institutional research approval for all Research Symposium presentations.

Abstracts

Abstracts for the 2010 Research Symposium are now ready to review.

Click here to view this year's abstracts and abstracts from previous years

• View poster abstracts for 2010's Symposium
• View paper abstracts for 2010's Symposium
  

Special Information for Recognized Research Programs and McNair Program Participants:

Students in McNair programs are encouraged to participate. The Research Symposium is an excellent opportunity for McNair students to present their work and interact with OSU undergraduates, graduate students and faculty judges. We have hosted over 600 students from 17 states and 35 different universities.

Please ask your program director to call Jennifer Smith at 405-744-7045 for details. We can assist you making OSU graduate program visits, suggest local hotel accommodations, and other needs.

Click here for more information about McNair Scholar registration and travel.

Free Seminar on Effective Presentations

In preparing for the symposium - or for those who want to know more about how to make research presentations - we are hosting a seminar on making effective research presentations. The seminar is designed for anyone preparing research presentations.

The forum entitled "Effective Research Presentations" will be held in 2010. It will be held on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 in 416 Student Union (Case Study 3) at 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

Presentation Tips

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All students presenting should review the presentation tips for papers and posters linked below. These pages answer the most frequently asked questions about the symposium. On these pages, you will find information about the tentative presentation schedule.

Click on a topic to get preparation tips for:

Paper Presentations
Poster Presentations

View examples of Poster Presenter Pictures from last year

Awards

The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSGA) will arrange for judges for the paper and poster presentations. The GPSGA will tally the judges' votes and make the final decision on winners of cash awards in a variety of categories.

OSU undergraduates and graduate students are eligible for the cash awards. Students from other institutions will have their presentations judged, but are not in consideration for the awards. Students will be assigned to one of several categories. Possible categories are:

• Biological Science
• Education
• Environmental Science
• Humanities
• Minority Issues
• Physical Science and Technology
• Social Science

There will be cash awards for both the poster presentations and the paper presentations. There will be awards offered separately to OSU undergraduate and graduate presentations.

Research Week award winners will have the opportunity to upload their presentations and research into the OSU digital archive, e-Archive. e-Archive provides a stable and permanent URL for your scholarship, allowing your research to be readily available on the web.

Questions or comments can be sent to the Graduate College Webmaster.