Abstract

Student Meeting Scholarships & Travel Awards Winners Announced

Abstract deadline for poster presentation: Aug 31^st, 2017.

Abstract covering various scientific areas as detailed below can be submitted. All abstracts submitted before Aug 31^st, 2017 deadline will be considered for poster presentation automatically.

Guidelines / Instructions

Abstract submission should be made online through the online meeting registration portal. When you register, you will have an option to submit the abstract either at the time of registration or until the end of the registration deadline using your registration credentials.
Please download and use the template for your abstract – abstract should be no more than 350 words – please use Arial font size 12. Refer to the abstract format below.
Only registrants who have paid their registration fee in full will be able to attend the meeting and present their abstracts.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee and be selected for a presentation based on the quality of the abstract. The abstract content and editing is the responsibility of the author. However, the organizers may edit the abstracts for language and formatting. All selected abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.
You will be notified of the abstract acceptance no later than 15 days before the start of the meeting. The poster presentations will happen on Oct 2^nd and Oct 3^rd in the evening. We will notify your presentation session a week before the start of the meeting.
Abstract submission is optional, is not required for registration and participation at the meeting. The cost of registering for the meeting is the same, whether or not you submit an abstract.
A small number of abstracts may be selected for oral presentation.
Students submitting abstracts will have an option to request to be considered for the student meeting scholarships and travel awards (www.sgrf.org/scholarships) online when they register and submit the abstract. You can register and submit your abstract using the 'pay-later' option. PLEASE NOTE: for consideration for the student meeting scholarships and travel awards, you must submit your abstract online through the meeting registration portal by August 15^th 2017 11:30pm IST. For student who may not have appropriate internet access and cannot submit abstract online, please contact the organizers well before the deadline so we can try to help.
We expect to have several poster awards. Students presenting posters at the meeting will also have an opportunity to pitch their work on an onstage 90 sec (3 slides) presentation before poster judges.

Abstract Format

Please submit your abstract in the rich text format (rtf). Use Arial font for your abstract and whenever possible, try to use the Symbol font in your RTF file for your Greek and Scientific symbols (alpha, beta, gamma, etc.). Name of the author presenting the abstract should be in bold. Please use the template

Title should be bold and followed by one return.
Author list and institutions should be followed by one return.
Presenting author name should be in bold.
Abstract should be no more than 350 words on a single page.
Please use font size: 12; font: Arial.
English is the official language of the meeting.
Use standard abbreviations in your abstract as needed.
Document must fit 8 1/2" x 11" letter format.
Please use the rtf template provided to type in your abstract.
Provide any grant acknowledgments for your research at the end of your abstract as needed.