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STEM Research Conference
Mission
The mission of the College of Sciences STEM Research Conference is to serve as a forum for dissemination of new scientific knowledge and discussion of scholarly ideas to foster interaction among students, faculty, and the local industry and community. The conference invites poster and oral presentations of scholarly work from all disciplines. Sessions will be organized by discipline or by themes. All UTRGV undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff, as well as the public, are welcome to attend.
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Abstacts
Instructions: Please complete the survey to submit your abstract for the 2025 STEM Research Conference Call For Abstracts. Ensure all required fields are filled out before submitting. If you have any questions, please contact cos@utrgv.edu.
Registration
Instructions: Please complete the survey to register for the 2025 STEM Research Conference. Ensure all required fields are filled out before submitting. If you have any questions, please contact cos@utrgv.edu.
Oral Presentation Guidelines:
The oral presentation sessions are 1 hour long with student presentations being limited to 10 minutes plus 2 minutes for questions. The oral presentations will be presented in-person in the designated room from the detailed agenda.Presentations should be designed following best practices – ask your research advisor!
Poster Guidelines:
The posters will be presented in rooms as designated by the detailed agenda. The student presenters are required to be close to their posters for questions from the audience and the judges.
Posters should be designed to follow regular conference guidelines with 48 inches by 36 inches, either landscape or portrait layout. The poster should follow best practices:
- Important information should be readable from about 10 feet away
- Title is short and draws interest
- Word count of about 300 to 800 words
- Text is clear and to the point
- Use of bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read
- Effective use of graphics, color and fonts
- Consistent and clean layout
- Includes acknowledgments, your name and institutional affiliation
Abstract Guidelines:
All abstracts should follow the general guidelines format to be considered for the review process.
Students should discuss the abstract content with their supervisors overseeing their project to determine whether it is appropriate for presentation at an academic conference. Faculty approval is required prior to abstract submission.
- Abstract should be submitted online through the " online application" tab. The submission deadline will be strictly enforced;
- The description of your abstract should be no more than 300 words, single space, font Times New Roman size 12;
- Presentation title; student and any co-authors names (if applicable), name of the faculty member overseeing the project with contact information (email) should be entered in separate lines;
- academic programs (e.g. major), affiliation and contact information; and type of presentation (poster or oral) should be entered;
- The abstract should not contain formal citations to published work or literature;
- Footnotes should not be included, although a funding acknowledgement may be included at the end of the abstract and will not be counted;
- While technical terms and scientific formulas are appropriate, avoid using abbreviations on the abstract unless the abbreviation is clearly explained;
- Clear research statement/hypothesis and provide brief statement of research methods as well as research conclusions should be highlighted.
- Download sample abstract template