Joint NCB and SWB Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition Information

Evaluation & Judging

Students who present ten-minute papers in the Student Competition will be evaluated in the following areas:

• Content (Scientific, Outreach, Extension, and/or Education) - 60%

  • Abstract
    • Abstract is informative, well written (5 points)
    • Presentation correlates with abstract (5 points)
  • Content
    • Introduction & background with pertinent literature cited (10 points)
    • Objectives clearly stated & concise/*course design or project clearly stated (10 points)
    • Materials & methods (study/*course design) clear & concise (10 points)
    • Results & discussion clear, concise, & accurate/*Addresses needs of target audience (10 points)
    • Significance of results to field of study (10 points)

• Presentation - 40%

  • Organization
    • Logical order, minimum redundancy (5 points)
    • Smooth transitions between presentation sections (5 points)
  • Slides
    • Legible with large fonts, color contrast, no conflicting backgrounds (5 points)
    • Text with no grammatical errors; not excessively wordy (5 points)
  • Delivery
    • Clear and audible speech (5 points)
    • Eye contact with audience (5 points)
    • Effective use of figures and/or tables (5 points)
    • Effective use of time (5 points)

Note: * indicates consideration for extension, outreach, and teaching presentations

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