Abstract Content
An abstract is a concise statement of your research. Abstracts should be informative and conclusive – do not simply state that results will be discussed. A typical abstract includes four sections;
- Title An informative sentence that summarizes the importance of the project
- Authors Names
- Affiliation Institute/Organization
- Body of Abstract The body typically includes the following pieces of information;
- Background Describe the reasons for your investigation and your hypothesis
- Methods Describe the experimental methods
- Results Outline essential results, important quantitative data, statistics
- Conclusion End the abstract with conclusions supported by your results
Section Guidelines
General
- 1 inch margins
- Single spaced
- ‘Times New Roman’ font
- 11 pt (except Affiliations which is 10 pt.)
- Full justification (align left and right margins
- Use symbols and accents where necessary
Title
- 16 words or less
- Bold font
- No punctuation after title unless it ends with a question mark
- Use either a scientific name (italicized) or a common name, but not both
- Capitalize first letter of each word except prepositions, articles, and species names
Authors
- Author names begin on line immediately after the title
- Comma separates authors, except last author name which is preceded by “and”
- Precede presenter’s name with an asterisk (*). Indicate affiliation by placing a number, or numbers, in superscript after the author name
Affiliation
- Follow authors on next line with affiliations
- Precede each affiliation by a bold number in sequence (1, 2, 3, 4…), followed by a space
- Include only Department, Institute, City and State
- Separate affiliations with a semicolon (;) no period at the end
Abstract Body
- 250 words or less
- Use an acronym only after full spelling of a term has been defined
File Format
- Only .doc or .docx formats will be accepted (use Word, OpenOffice or any program that produce .docx files)
Abstract Submission
Please submit your abstracts by 5 pm, February 1, 2017.
Please email Laura Ellison directly at antrozous67@gmail.com.