Student Abstract Competitions
Southern Section ASAS
2006
Call for Abstracts: Abstracts must be submitted on or before October 12, 2005. Those submitted after October 12 will not be accepted. The quality standards for abstracts can also be found on this Web site. Presenters will be expected to submit PowerPoint shows for their oral presentations to the respective committee chair in advance of the meeting (more details will be provided by the respective chair). Committee chairs will be expected to provide a computer with all shows pre-loaded and a video projector for their session. Any other video presentation equipment must be provided by the presenter.
Graduate Student Abstract Competition: The Awards Competition Committee will select up to fifteen (15) abstracts, based on scientific merit, for presentation. Contestant must be the senior author and cannot hold academic rank above assistant professor. Dr. Donald E. Franke, Louisiana State University will send rules and guidelines on the awards competition to each selected participant and verify the eligibility of the contestant with the appropriate department chair/head. Persons who have placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in previous Awards competitions are ineligible. Awards of $150, $100, and $50 will be presented to the top three placings, respectively. The criteria for evaluating the competition papers will be: clearness and correctness of the abstract; knowledge of the subject area; research quality and innovation; organization of presentation; presentation and personal attributes; and appropriate use, clarity, and number of visuals.
Undergraduate Research Abstract Competition: Junior or senior level students from institutions in the Southern Region with degree programs in Agriculture are encouraged to present data from their research efforts. Abstracts for the research paper competition should be submitted according to the directions described in “Call for Papers”. University verification that the student must have been an undergraduate student at the time the work was conducted and be no further than one year into a graduate program at the time of abstract submission, must be mailed to Dr. A. Hayden Brown, Jr. Note that the author may be a graduate student at the time the paper is presented. The abstracts will be reviewed by the Teaching and Undergraduate Education Committee (Dr. A. Hayden Brown, Jr., Chair). Please note that a manuscript is not required for participation in the Undergraduate Research Paper Awards Competition. Awards of $150, $100, and $50 will be presented to the top three placings, respectively. The criteria for evaluating the competition abstracts will be: clearness and correctness of the abstract; knowledge of the subject area; research quality and innovation; organization of presentation; presentation and personal attributes; and appropriate use, clarity, and number of visuals. The papers will be presented in the Teaching and Undergraduate Session.
Submission Requirements: Submission requirements are outlined in “Instructions for Abstract Submission”, which may be found on this Web site. After reading these instructions, if you have any questions regarding submission, contact abstract@assochq.org.
Donald E. Franke
Louisiana State University
Agricultural Center
Animal Science Dept
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Ph: (225) 578-3436
Fax: (225) 578-3279
dfranke@agctr.lsu.edu
A. Hayden Brown, Jr.
University of Arkansas
AFLS Building
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: (479) 575-4855
Fax: (479) 575-7294
hbrown@uark.edu