Florida ASABE Grad Student Presentation Contest - Deadline 3/5/14

The Sixth Annual Graduate Student Forum Presentation Competition provides an excellent opportunity for graduate students to sharpen their presentation skills. There is also the chance of collecting a cash award in the process.

Best Presentation awards are $200 for 1st place and $100 for 2nd place. Graduate students are asked to present their work at the FASABE Annual Conference.

Paper titles and abstracts should be submitted by completing the FASABE Presentation Proposal form. Be sure to complete Line 1c. Submit to Daniel Rutland, 34 East Pine Street, Orlando, FL 32801, Email: drutland@esciencesinc.com, Fax: 407-481-9627

 Proposal deadline: March 5, 2014

An abstract is required in conjunction with the presentation. Attach your abstract to complete the “Proposal” section of the FASABE Presentation Proposal Form.

 

Abstract Style and Submission Guidelines of FASABE:

• Abstracts should be double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font.
• The abstract should call attention to new techniques, observations, or data. Be specific.
• Since an informative abstract has to stand alone, do not deflect the reader with promises like "will be discussed" or "will be explained".
• Limit the use of abbreviations, and define the ones you do use.
• Use only left justification.
• Do not center text on page.
• Please bold the title.
• Capitalize first letter of every word in the title.
• After the title, skip a single line and begin the author's name(s) and affiliation(s).
• Underline the author who will be presenting the paper.
• Follow each author's name with their affiliation. A single affiliation with multiple authors should only be listed once. UF affiliations only need the location followed by "UF"; all other Florida affiliations need only the company name and city. Affiliations outside Florida must contain the location, city, state, and, if outside the US, the country.
• After the author's name(s) and affiliation(s), skip a line, then begin the body of the abstract.
• Write the abstract as a single paragraph, with a limit of 300 words.
• Do not indent the first line of the abstract.
• Use italics to indicate Latin names of genus and species.
• Capitalize proper nouns.

The 2014 FASABE Annual Conference will be held June 19-20, 2014, at the Waldorf Astoria, Naples, Florida. Competitors will present during the technical sessions on June 19th or 20th