Poster Submission Guidelines

• Must have a short, specific title, without abbreviations, which indicates the nature of the investigation.
• All investigators contributing to the work must be listed in the author block. Designate one author as the presenting author. All correspondence will be directed to the presenting author.
• Include credentials and institution name for each author.
• When appropriate, an abstract should include brief sections that clearly and concisely describe:
  • Background/purpose of the study
  • Objectives, aims or hypothesis
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions
• In the results section, provide sufficient detail in order to support conclusions.
• Standard abbreviations may be used without definition. Nonstandard abbreviations (kept to a minimum) must be placed in parentheses after the first use of the word or phrase abbreviated.
• One page (letter size) abstract with 1 inch margins single spaced using Times New Roman12 point font.
• The abstract title, author(s), and institution should be in separate lines.
• Proofread abstracts carefully to avoid errors before submission.
• Abstracts will be reviewed by the Poster Sub-Committee, using these general criteria:
  • Relevance and uniqueness of the study to the field of biomedical research and/or behavioral research
  • Quality of the research design and methodology
  • Validity and sufficiency of the data
• Accepted abstracts will be presented in poster format at the FL CURED Summit.
• You may revise your abstract up until the submission deadline (June 11th). No revisions will be accepted after the submission deadline.
• If your abstract is accepted you will also need to include a one-page handout of your poster for inclusion in the Summit program.

Poster Criteria:

• The poster title should match the abstract title.
• The poster font should be large enough so you can read it from 2 to 3 feet way (>16 point.)
• All illustrations (graphs, pictures, figures, tables) should be large enough for easy observation. All illustrations should have brief captions.
• Divide your poster into Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions.
• The board of your poster will be numbered and viewers will find your poster according to the title of your submitted abstract and number as stated in the final program.

Abstract/Poster Presentation Timeline:

 

Date	Description
June 20	Early Bird registration deadline for the summit
June 27	Poster Set-up (7:30-9:00 am); Posters available at the summit for review by participants

 

 

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