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Research Poster Guidelines

Subject Areas

Students may submit a paper on any topic, provided that the student has worked with a faculty mentor from SUNY Orange throughout the course of completing that research paper, poster, or project.

Note: If a student has completed research with a mentor from another institution through a program sponsored by SUNY Orange, please contact Michele Iannuzzi Sucich (at michele.iannuzzisucich@sunyorange.edu) to determine if that research is eligible for presentation at the SOARS Conference.

Approach to Creating a Poster

  • Poster sessions allow effective one-on-one communication in an atmosphere of relaxed engagement.
  • The poster should be the visual representation of the research following the standards specific to the discipline.
  • Care should be taken to design posters that quickly and easily convey the pertinent details of the work through the organized arrangement of visual materials like graphs, photos, diagrams, and a small amount of text.
    • Posters should be constructed on a 36 in. x 48 in. tri-fold presentation board available at most office supply stores
    • Text should be readable from a distance of 3 feet.
      • The following font sizes are recommended:
        • Title 96 pt.
        • Author and Mentor names 36-42 pt.
        • Subtitles/Headings 26 pt.
        • Body text minimum 16 pt.
    • The use of shadow boxes (1/4” black border) around some or all poster elements is recommended.
  • The methods and tools of research/analysis will vary from discipline to discipline.
    • For example, field work might be part of an anthropology presentation while lab reports might be featured in a scientific or technical paper.
  • All submissions must show the results of research, reflection, and an original perspective.
  • Students should work closely with their mentors early on to determine the appropriate nature and scope of their research.

Evaluation & Feedback

  • Students’ work will be evaluated on the quality and originality of the research, as well as on the written submission.
  • Students will receive confirmation that their research has been accepted for presentation in February.
  • Mentors will receive feedback on the written component of the submission from faculty readers by mid-February and may then share that feedback with their students.
    • Students, in collaboration with their mentors, then have the option of making revisions to their written work before presenting it at the conference in mid-March.
    • This deadline for feedback also will allow students interested in submitting a written paper to the regional Beacon Conference to use this feedback in preparation of their written work for the Beacon annual submission deadline in March.

Guidelines for Research:

  • Research must include reputable academic sources.
  • As with any research project, you are responsible for evaluating source material and ensuring the selection of credible sources. For example, Wikipedia is not considered a credible source because anyone can provide information to that website.
  • In general, follow the guidelines of the particular discipline in terms of the expectations for scholarly research (i.e., for the sciences, peer-reviewed primary sources from scholarly journals).
  • The method of documentation should be whatever is appropriate to the discipline (i.e., MLA for the Humanities, APA for the Social Sciences, CMS for History)

Submission Guidelines for Poster Presentations

Submission Format Detailed Submission Guidelines
Written Paper

The written paper must follow these guidelines:

  • Length of writtne work
    • Minimum: 3 typewritten, double-spaced pages of text
  • The title page must include the following student information:
    • Name
    • E-mail address
    • Phone number
    • Title of paper
    • Faculty mentor’s name, e-mail address, and phone number
    • Title of course for which the paper was written or the project was created, or a statement that the work was done as an independent study
  • The paper must be typed using the following guidelines:
    • Font Style: Times New Roman or Calibri
    • Font size 11 or 12
    • Double-spaced
    • Left-hand margin of 1” and at least 1” top, bottom, and right.
  • Pages must be numbered with Arabic numerals in the upper right-hand corner.
  • A list of the outside source material used (work cited page, reference list, or bibliography)
    • The method of documentation should be whatever is appropriate to the discipline (i.e., MLA for the Humanities, APA for the Social Sciences, CMS for History)

NOTE:  If the student chooses to submit a written paper by the December deadline, then the poster resulting from that research is NOT due in December. The poster should be completed in conjunction with a faculty mentor in preparation for the conference in March.
Abstract

The abstract must follow these guidelines:

  • The title page must include the following student information:
    • Name
    • E-mail address
    • Phone number
    • Title of paper
    • Faculty mentor’s name, e-mail address, and phone number
    • Title of course for which the paper was written or the project was created, or a statement that the work was done as an independent study
  • A 200-300 word abstract including:
    • a statement of purpose (thesis)
    • a description of the work (the poster or the project)
    • a description of the research done in creating the work
  • A list of the outside source material used (work cited page, reference list, or bibliography)
    • The method of documentation should be whatever is appropriate to the discipline (i.e., MLA for the Humanities, APA for the Social Sciences, CMS for History)

NOTE:  If the student chooses to submit an abstract by the December deadline, then the poster resulting from that research is NOT due in December. The poster should be completed in conjunction with a faculty mentor in preparation for the conference in March.
Images of Completed Poster

Images of the poster must include the following content:

  • Title of poster
  • Student's name
  • Thesis or a statement of purpose. as stated on the poster, to inform the audience of the rationale for the research
  • All written content and images presented on the poster

A list of the outside source material used when creating the poster must be included with the submission (work cited page, reference list, or bibliography).

  • If the sources are included on the poster, then an image of that content may be submitted.
  • If the sources are not included on the poster, then a separate list of source material must be submitted along with the images of the completed poster.
  • The method of documentation should be whatever is appropriate to the discipline (i.e., MLA for the Humanities, APA for the Social Sciences, CMS for History)

How To Submit Your Work

  • Each paper, poster, or project must be submitted electronically to Michele Iannuzzi-Sucich at Michele.IannuzziSucich@SUNYOrange.edu.
  • Each individual submitting to the conference must also complete the Registration Form found on the SOARS home page in the menu on the left side of that page.
  • An e-mail from the faculty mentor must also be sent verifying approval of the submission.

Submission deadline: Please see the Dates to Remember Page for the current submission deadline.

 

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