Oral Presentation Guidelines
- Oral presentations are limited to 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion. Please introduce yourself to the moderators prior to commencing your presentation.
- 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.
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.