Submission Guidelines
What sort of research may be submitted?
Presentations may contain original research or scholarship that you may be conducting, work that you already submitted for a classroom project during the previous fall semester or work in progress for the spring semester. Some students also use the colloquium as an opportunity to present research proposals or scholarship for which they are contemplating an in-depth study. Research does not have to be experimentally based. Humanities, business, engineering, legal, physical sciences, and social science topics are welcome.
Awards
Best TU Poster Presentation = $100
Poster guidelines
The entire poster should consist of a printed page of no larger than 24” x 36” with a vertical orientation, unless the poster is also being presented at a regional or national meeting with other size restrictions. If you need accommodations, please coordinate with the colloquium committee. Compliance with TU emblem policies are required. The current TU emblem is available online here: https://utulsa.mediavalet.com/portals/utulsa.
The poster should be printed on appropriate quality paper to allow it to be displayed on a wall or bulletin board.
The poster should include an abstract, introduction, background, methodology, results and/or conclusions.
Judges
Volunteer TU students, faculty and administrators from a variety of academic disciplines.
Judging will be based upon the academic merits/quality of the poster and the accompanying presentation—students must be available to answer judges’ questions during competition. Judging criteria to be forwarded following receipt of submission.
Requirements for presenters
1. Complete the online submission form by Feb. 28.
The student presenting the research must be the senior author of the abstract.
- Maximum of 250 words for submitted abstracts.
- Within the attached word document that includes your submitted abstract, use the following formatting guidelines:
- Title and student author’s name each on a separate line with a blank line between the title and the student author’s name. Type the title in all caps and the author’s name in upper and lower case.
- If any co-authors are faculty or professionals external to the University, they may not be first author and their names should appear on the line following the student author’s name. Please get the permission of all noted authors before submitting abstract.
2. Upon submitting your project for review, your research advisor will be emailed a copy for approval. Advisors are asked to approve submissions using the Campus Connection link emailed to them.
The areas of concern that Project Advisors must evaluate are listed below:
- Faculty is expected to evaluate the submission for potential patent issues on behalf of The University of Tulsa. If the submission content discloses ideas that may be patentable, the faculty should advise the student to meet with the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, who will work with the student and faculty to guide them with the patent application submission process. The university does not want to lose the opportunity to patent TU research on behalf of the student because of premature disclosure to a public audience. After patent application is submitted (if appropriate), a student may publicly present the research.
- Faculty is expected to evaluate the student’s submission for research involving human subjects. If human subjects were involved, did The University of Tulsa Internal Review Board (IRB) review and approve this research? If not, the faculty should not sign the confirmation page and should advise the student to meet with the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs.
- Review of proposed research by the IRB is intended to ensure that research activities involving human subjects safeguard the rights and welfare of human subjects as required in federal regulations. You must submit a copy of your IRB approval letter with the signed confirmation page to the Graduate School before a presentation may be approved for the research colloquium.
3. Bring printed poster to the colloquium during assigned time and be prepared to present on topic to attendees.
Questions?
Contact the Research Colloquium Committee at research-colloquium@utulsa.edu.