Oral Presentation Guidelines
- If you are presenting results from research involving Human Subjects, please work with your advisor to ensure that no private/confidential information is included in your presentation.
- All speakers must check in 30 minutes before their presentation time and remain in their assigned room for the duration of the presentations being given by members of their group.
- Oral presentations are limited to ten minutes, followed by five minutes for judges' questions. Please introduce yourself to the judges prior to commencing your presentation.
Research-in-Progress Guidelines
The Research-in-Progress (RIP) roundtable presentation provides a unique opportunity for Undergraduate Research Honors Program (URHP) scholars in their junior year to discuss their research ideas, designs, and results and get feedback in an informal, cross-disciplinary setting.
The RIP roundtable is flexible and designed to meet the researchers where they are. URHP scholars can present about any stage or aspect of their research. Whether starting a project, planning the research methodology, analyzing the data, or addressing gaps in the literature, URHP scholars should address the aspect of their project for which they would benefit from feedback.
- Presentations will be 8-10 minutes long, allowing an additional 5 minutes for the roundtable audience (consisting of URHP scholars from across programs) and RIP faculty facilitator to ask questions.
- Develop a conversational style instead of a formal lecture; you are among colleagues and in a feedback-rich environment where dialogue and questions are encouraged.
- While URHP scholars are not required to design a visual presentation (i.e., PowerPoint, Sway, etc.) at the RIP roundtable, they will be required to submit an outline of their verbal presentation to the Undergraduate Research Honors Program.
- All scholars must check in 10-15 minutes before their presentation time and remain for the entirety of the roundtable session, ready the engage and provide feedback to other scholars.
- For RIP presentations, set a clear objective about what you want to address. Recall
that “in progress” means that you might not be there yet, but you are well on your
way. Thus, after a brief introduction of your research (reading your abstract), you
have the flexibility of addressing elements of your research such as:
- Starting the project – You can present simply what you have already done, identify gaps in the literature, or focus on 1-2 issues you face along your research trajectory.
- Research methodology or data analysis – You can explain your specific aim(s) and hypotheses, present and explain your research design, or discuss recruitment or data collection challenges.