Sigma Xi Research Symposium Accepting Abstracts

02/13/2018

The SLU Sigma Xi Research Symposium is accepting abstracts for its Research Symposium which will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 7, in the Wool Ballroom, Busch Student Center.

Both undergraduate and graduate students can submit abstracts. The deadline for abstract submission is 5 p.m. on Friday, April 6. The previous deadline had been Friday, March 23.

There will be a total of six awards given at the symposium, one for each of the highest scoring undergraduate and graduate projects in the three subject divisions: biological/life sciences, physical/engineering sciences and social/behavioral sciences.

The abstract submission guidelines are:

Abstracts must be submitted via the Google form.

The following information is required:

• Presenter's name and email
• Affiliation
• Research Advisor's name and email
• Coauthors and affiliations (if any)
• Specify whether undergraduate or graduate category
• Specify which section you are entering life/biological sciences; physical sciences/engineering/mathematics; or social/behavioral sciences
• The abstract should be no longer than 200 words and should include topic background, research question, method(s) and brief results. No footnotes or images should be included
• All research that involves animals, human subjects or bio/chemical agents and/or radiation must receive the appropriate institutional approvals.

Any questions can be sent to sigmaxi@slu.edu.

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society is an honor society and was founded in 1886. The Society has more than 500 chapters in the world. The SLU chapter was founded in 1944. If interested in becoming a member, please send a message to sigmaxi@slu.edu. For more information regarding the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, visit the society.