Securing a Conference.

[La Presse]

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Hey guys.

I am in a summer research internship and the weeks are winding down. We have an oral and a poster presentation in about a week and I will also finish my project in about a week (i.e. that's when I get all my data).

Does anyone have any tips to presenting these? There will be guest judges and the student nominated for funding to attend a conference will have the highest combination of scores, consisting of the oral, poster, and a final written manuscript.

For those of you who have lots of experience with presenting research, what can I do to really stand out and do very well? I would appreciate a few tips. 😎

 

[Myrridith]

Practice in front of people who have no clue what your research is about. I have the problem that I don't realize how specific my work is until I actually do this.

and DON'T FREAK OUT! You will do fine!!! Good Luck!

 

[chenzt]

Pretend you are trying to explain your project to high schoolers. That's about the familiarity your judges have on your topic anyways.

 

[sunflower18]

A really cool feature that I found out about when I was doing a research presentation is a tool on PowerPoint. You can set up a version of your presentation, and at the end, it'll show you how much time you spent on each slide. This is really helpful for seeing how much you ramble at any given place, and it will allow you to cut back when you spend too much time and elaborate on parts that you skim over.

Be careful though, because sometimes this feature will imbed into your slideshow, and will automatically advance after however many seconds have elapsed. I would make another version of the powerpoint, turn on this feature, and then practice.

 

[EnergyDrink]

i will also finish my project in about a week (i.e. That's when i get all my data).

🙄

You need to have good, strong data that backs a significant hypothesis. If you don't have that, you don't have a chance. It also helps if you can relate your project to the judges.

 

[La Presse]

I've completed my presentation and did well, but I have another question. Suppose I do not get funded to attend a conference, is it acceptable to submit my abstract by myself to attend a conference and use my own funding? I've asked around, but everyone thinks it's extremely malignant toward the advisor, a career-breaker, etc.

Any ideas?

 

[sunflower18]

I've completed my presentation and did well, but I have another question. Suppose I do not get funded to attend a conference, is it acceptable to submit my abstract by myself to attend a conference and use my own funding? I've asked around, but everyone thinks it's extremely malignant toward the advisor, a career-breaker, etc.

Any ideas?

My PI told me that I could always submit abstracts and fund my own transportation to present at conferences, since our budget for that sort of thing is so low. I never considered that this might not be commonplace. Why don't you ask your PI if that is an acceptable plan?

 

[NuttyEngDude]

I've completed my presentation and did well, but I have another question. Suppose I do not get funded to attend a conference, is it acceptable to submit my abstract by myself to attend a conference and use my own funding? I've asked around, but everyone thinks it's extremely malignant toward the advisor, a career-breaker, etc.

Any ideas?

LP! 😀
Depends on why you're not getting the funding. If the advisor/prof is saying there's no money left and it's PURELY a question of money he should give you his blessing. If he's using it as an excuse then you'll know pretty quickly. I would assume you have a good LOR at risk too so take that into consideration.

Personally I would not risk the good LOR.

edit: based on what sunflower says, you might be able to innocently ask and have the best of both worlds.

 

[La Presse]

My PI told me that I could always submit abstracts and fund my own transportation to present at conferences, since our budget for that sort of thing is so low. I never considered that this might not be commonplace. Why don't you ask your PI if that is an acceptable plan?

LP! 😀
Depends on why you're not getting the funding. If the advisor/prof is saying there's no money left and it's PURELY a question of money he should give you his blessing. If he's using it as an excuse then you'll know pretty quickly. I would assume you have a good LOR at risk too so take that into consideration.

Personally I would not risk the good LOR.

edit: based on what sunflower says, you might be able to innocently ask and have the best of both worlds.

Based on how a combined score of presentation + poster + final research paper, that determines which student will be nominated for funding by the NSF to present with their mentor at a national conference (Drosophila, Evolution, etc). I am preparing just in case I do not get the nomination. I'll definitely ask him if that is a good plan. There shouldn't be any issues unless I sense some hesitation from him.

Thanks guys and if anyone has any other ideas, feel free to post.

 

[siliconchins]

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