Call for Student Presentations

This is a Judged Student Competition

Deadlines

This call for abstracts is closed. The deadline for submission was December 23, 2020. 

Competition Requirements

• Currently enrolled students and those graduated within the past 1 year qualify. Both graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit.
• One student per accepted presentation may attend the full conference at no cost.
• Regardless of conference attendance, students delivering accepted presentations must register for the conference.
• A monetary award will be available to the top student presentation entries.
• Your major professor must approve your submission (please upload this form completed and signed your professor). 

Abstracts: Must be uploaded in a Word file (PDFs will not be accepted) at the bottom of this form. Abstracts must be:

• Informative, providing scope, purpose, experimental approach, significant results, and major conclusions.
• Clear, concise, one paragraph summary with no more than 275 words.
• Formatted as single-spaced, using 12-point font.
• Include presentation title and names and affiliations of all authors. 
• Will be posted the event website and in the conference proceedings

Sample abstract

Presentations

• Abstract must be presented live (no recordings) via Zoom during a special afternoon session on Monday, February 1, 2021.
• Presentations will be 5 minutes in length with an additional 2 minutes for Q&A.
• Presentation judges will consider adherence to time as a determining factor in placement in the competition.
• Students should prepare slides being mindful of only having 5 minutes to present orally.

For technical questions: Rachel Palmer or Sherry Cooper, 530-750-1361, UC ANR Program Support 
For all other questions: Nick Clark or Mark Cady, Co-Chairs, Lightning Presentations