Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Student Research Symposium Guidelines

GUIDELINES & AWARDS

Student must present original research conducted as part of a degree program at USM. Research presented previously is acceptable. Participants must choose to do an oral presentation or a poster presentation. Abstracts must be limited to 300 words. Only students enrolled in fully online programs have the option to participate virtually. 

Oral Presentations

Poster Presentations

1.   Poster guidelines for in-person and virtual participants.

• In-Person Poster Presentation: Must have 3' by 4' dimension. 

• Virtual Poster Presentation: Must be a single (8 1/2" x 14” landscape) PowerPoint slide.

• Limited to 10 minutes.

2.  Must include following items to be eligible for the poster competition:

• Poster presentation title consistent with abstract

• Presenting author, coauthors, principal investigator

• School name

• College name

• The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406

3.  Can be presented by two authors if the degree program allows a joint project.

The submission categories for oral and poster presentations are as follows:

• Arts and Humanities

• Social and Educational Sciences and Business

• Physical Sciences and Mathematics

• Life, Health and Environmental Sciences

Note: The Graduate School reserves the right to collapse categories if deemed that too few participants are in a particular category.

AWARDS

A Monetary Prize will be given to winners.

DOWNLOADS

Poster Presentation Example (PDF)