Call for Papers

NEDSI will once again be sponsoring a special undergraduate/master student poster session in conjunction with the 2022 meeting due to the successful sessions at the previous meetings. For additional information, please contact Jennifer Swanson at jswanson@stonehill.edu.

Instructions for submissions to Undergraduate/Master Student Poster Competition track.

• Graduate and Undergraduate posters will be judged in separate categories. Awards will be given in each category.
• To be considered for an award, the first author should be a student.
• Either abstracts or full papers of the research can be submitted in the Undergraduate/Master Student Poster Competition track.
• Poster submissions do not have to be a complete paper or poster at the time of submission in the ExOrdo system.
• However, posters should be completed and printed by the start of the conference on March 30, 2023.
• Posters will be judged on the content by the Poster Awards Committee.
• This is a poster session and not a PowerPoint presentation – students will stand next to their posters and explain their research to conference participants and poster awards committee.
• Posters should be displayed on a hard poster board no larger than 4’ by 3’. Easels will be provided to display the poster boards. Poster boards and supplies (e.g., tape, push pins) will be available at the conference if anyone needs to assemble on-site.
• Poster sessions will run across the first two days of the conference (Thursday, March 30^th, 2023 and Friday, March 31^st, 2023). Exact times will be communicated once the conference program is finalized.
• Poster awards (for both undergraduate and graduate category) will be announced at the NEDSI awards/gala dinner on the evening of Friday, March 31st, 2023.

Please note that for a poster to be considered for an award, the submission should be uploaded on “Undergraduate/Master Student Poster Competition” track.

In case of any questions, please contact Dr. Jennifer Swanson at jswanson@stonehill.edu