 
23rd Annual
The Research Symposium is held Wednesday, February 22 through Friday, February 24, 2012
Abstracts and Presentation Schedule for 2012
Full Presentation Schedule
About the Research Symposium The annual Research Symposium is part of the OSU Research Week and is sponsored by: Registration is now open in October. The last day to register is Sunday, December 18, 2011. Submission Requirements Eligible Participants:
To Register: Registration was open through Sunday, December 18, 2011 and is now closed. The registration form requires you to provide basic contact information (name, address, phone number, degree, etc) and information about your presentation.
IRB Expectations for Presentations
Research presented at the OSU Research Symposium is considered to be for the purposes of disseminating generalizable research systematically gathered and intended for publication. As such, presentations are expected to abide by all pertinent research policies, such as biosafety, animal safety, radiation safety, and use of human subjects (including surveys, questionnaires, and the like), etc. A useful resource in determining the circumstances under which review of the research by the appropriate committee is necessary can be found at http://compliance.vpr.okstate.edu/. There, OSU students can also determine OSU's research review procedures (e.g., Institutional Research Board [IRB] review); students from outside OSU should ask their advisor about their home institution's procedures for research review.
People considering submitting a presentation that originated from a "classroom project" are welcome to register. However, for the purposes of presenting at the OSU Research Symposium, such "classroom projects" are considered as having been conducted for the purpose of disseminating the results to a larger body of individuals and therefore the appropriate IRB approvals from the home institution are required. OSU reserves the right to request proof of institutional research approval for all Research Symposium presentations. Abstracts for 2012
Corrections to abstract must be recieved by Wednesday January 18, 2012 before 5:00 pm to be included in this year's abstract book.
Click here to view abstracts from previous years
Click on a topic to get preparation tips for: Paper Presentations Special Information for Recognized Research Programs and McNair Program Participants:
Students from recognized research programs and McNair programs from around the state of Oklahoma and nation are encouraged to participate. The Research Symposium is an excellent opportunity for such students to present their work and interact with OSU undergraduates, graduate students and faculty judges. We have hosted over 800 students from 17 states and 35 different universities.
Please ask your program director to call Jennifer Smith at 405-744-7045 for details. We can assist you making OSU graduate program visits, suggest local hotel accommodations, and other needs.
Click here for more information about McNair Scholar registration and travel. Free Seminar on Effective Presentations
In preparing for the symposium - or for those who want to know more about how to make research presentations - we will host a seminar on making effective research presentations. The seminar is designed for anyone preparing research presentations. The presenter is Mr. Mike Heppler. and it will be presented on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in JB room 101.
Presentation Tips View Presentation Schedule - New
Presenters have until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 23 to request a change in presentation date/time. Please review your personal schedule now and your presentation time to verify that the time will work with your schedule or following the directions emailed to you to schedule a different time. After January 23, presenters can only cancel presentations.
All students presenting should review the presentation tips for papers and posters linked below. These pages answer the most frequently asked questions about the symposium. On these pages, you will find information about the tentative presentation schedule.
Click on a topic to get preparation tips for:
Paper Presentations View examples of Poster Presenter Pictures from previous years Awards
The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSGA) will arrange for judges for the paper and poster presentations. The GPSGA will tally the judges' votes and make the final decision on winners of cash awards in a variety of categories.
OSU undergraduates and graduate students are eligible for the cash awards. Students from other institutions will have their presentations judged, but are not in consideration for the awards. Students will be assigned to one of several categories. Possible categories are:
There will be cash awards for both the poster presentations and the paper presentations. There will be awards offered separately to OSU undergraduate and graduate presentations.
Research Week award winners will have the opportunity to upload their presentations and research into the OSU digital archive, e-Archive. e-Archive provides a stable and permanent URL for your scholarship, allowing your research to be readily available on the web.
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