Abstract & Poster Guidelines

Abstract Guidelines

  • Abstracts should be no longer than 400 words. Students should have their abstract approved by their faculty mentor prior to submission.
  • For examples of previous abstracts, click HERE.
  • Submit one abstract per poster…NOT one abstract per student!
  • Once your abstract is formatted correctly, submit it online

Poster Guidelines

  • Posters should be 36 x 48 inches (landscape or portrait orientation are allowable)
  • Students should have their abstract approved by their faculty mentor prior to submission.
  • Options for Making Posters: (1) Microsoft PowerPoint, (2) Biorender, (3) Google Slides
  • RI-INBRE SURF students must include appropriate logo(s) and acknowledgements on your poster.
    • RI-INBRE Acknowledgement: “Research reported in this poster was supported by the Rhode Island Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Network of Biomedical Research Excellence from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P20GM103430.”
    • RI-INBRE Logos
  • RI NSF EPSCoR SURF students must include the following logo and acknowledgement on their poster.
    • RI NSF EPSCoR Acknowledgement: “This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement #OIA-1655221 and [specify other funding details]. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation”
    • RI NSF EPSCoR Logo