2012 SPSP STUDENT POSTER AWARD COMPETITION

[Marina Milyavskaya, Miss]

ANNOUNCING THE 2011-2012 SPSP STUDENT POSTER AWARD

COMPETITION!

The SPSP Graduate Student Committee is now accepting applications for the SPSP

Student Poster Award 2011-2012. This award recognizes undergraduate or graduate

poster presentations characterized by excellence in research, clarity in presentation, and

personal knowledge in a discussion with the judges at the SPSP Annual Meeting 2012 in

San Diego, California. Award winners will receive a monetary prize and public recognition

for their achievement. In addition, the seven first place winners will also have their posters

prominently displayed throughout the entire SPSP Annual Meeting with your research

showcased to the SPSP community.

Students who enter the competition will first have an award submission statement reviewed

by their peers, who will select 35 finalists. These finalists will present their poster during the

first poster session of the SPSP Annual Meeting and be interviewed by several secret judges.

On the basis of the judges' scores seven first place and fourteen runners-up will be selected.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for an award, applicants must:

* Be the first author on a poster submission to SPSP 2012*

* Be a full-time student (undergraduate or graduate) at the time of submission

* Be a student member of SPSP

* Be available to present their poster research at the first poster session as well as their

originally designated session at the SPSP conference

* Present a poster that reflects the applicant's work, and not that of an advisor

* Work must NOT be in-press or already published

**An accepted poster is not a requirement to apply however it is a requirement to

receive an award.

For more detailed information about the Student Poster Award 2011 and the application

process please click on the following link:

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpYYjFjcnhNeWFHZWJxZ2FPY003WkE6MA

If you are not eligible for this year's competition, please consider serving as a reviewer

(Round 1) or judge (Round 2) (see below for further details).

Questions may be directed to sps...@yahoo.com or to sean....@nuim.ie. Good luck!

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPSP STUDENT REVIEWER?

The SPSP Student Committee is now offering motivated graduate and undergraduate students

the opportunity to serve as reviewers for the Student Poster Award. As a Reviewer you will

evaluate the merit of assigned posters and provide written feedback. Taking part will provide

you with firsthand experience of the academic review process while at the same time boost

your vita. The process is straightforward and requires minimal time and effort. Depending on

the number of applicants for the award, the reviewers will use a scoring sheet to review 3 to 5

applications (i.e. a 500-word summary of the poster to be presented) during a 3-week period.

If interested, you will need to be able to review 3-5 applications during August and return

them no later than September 16th, 2011. We do not expect that anyone will require the full

period to review 3-5 applications but wish to give our volunteers some flexibility.

If you are interested in serving as a peer reviewer for the Student Poster Award 2011-2012,

please click on the following link:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF9TTjRURXF0REJianc1V0lRLVpKWkE6MQ

Thanks for your interest!

Sean Hughes

SPSP GSC Past-President

sean....@nuim.ie

 

2011-2012 SPSP Graduate Student Committee
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Marina Milyavskaya, President, marina.mi...@mail.mcgill.ca
Lillia Cherkasskiy, Member-at-Large, lillia.ch...@yale.edu
Megan Johnson, Member-at-Large, Megan_J...@baylor.edu
Mollie Ruben, Member-at-Large, rub...@husky.neu.edu
Shimon Saphire-Bernstein, Member-at-Large, shimon.saph...@gmail.com
Krista Hill, Member-at-Large for Undergraduate Affairs, hil...@husky.neu.edu
Sean Hughes, Past President, sean....@nuim.ie