Abstracts

The Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Association of The College of William and Mary invites all graduate students in the fields of Arts & Sciences to submit abstracts for the Ninth Annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS), to be held March 26 & 27, 2010 at the Sadler Center.  The broadly themed conference is designed to bring together graduate students from differing areas of study and from all stages of the degree process.  The congenial setting and professionally-oriented environment provides an opportunity for students to explain and discuss their research, while fostering community relationships across discipline boundaries. 

Please note that all research presented at the GRS must have received prior approval from all co-authors and the appropriate Institutional Compliance Committees.  Each graduate student may submit only ONE abstract of no more than 1,700 characters including spaces (approximately 250 words), in one of the following categories:

1)  Natural & Computational Sciences Talk:  Twelve minute talks with three minutes for questions
      (Typical Disciplines: Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Psychology, Computer Science, & Physics)
2)  Humanities & Social Sciences Talk:  Sixteen minute talks with four minutes for questions
      (Typical Disciplines: American Studies, Anthropology, History, Psychology, & Public Policy)
3)  Poster Presentation:  One hour long poster session
       (All Disciplines)

First Call for Abstracts:  October 5, 2009

All abstracts must be submitted through our electronic form by the Abstract Submission Deadline:  December 4, 2009  11:59 pm E.S.T.  Abstracts not submitted through the electronic form or after the deadline will not be acknowledged or considered.

Graduate students will be notified of their abstract acceptance/rejection during the week of January 11, 2010.  Students from institutions other than the College of William & Mary will be required to submit a $60 registration fee that grants attendance for the presenter to all GRS presentations, any featured lectures, the refreshments on Friday and Saturday morning, the Friday lunch, the Friday evening reception, and the awards luncheon on Saturday.  A guest/spouse fee of $30 is required for non-presenters from outside institutions for admittance to meal functions only (i.e., admittance to all presentations is free) .  Please send your check to this address.

Also, abstracts will be sent to your advisor's e-mail address that you provided to be reviewed after January 18, 2010.  Your advisor must reply to this e-mail after reviewing your abstract with a "YES" to confirm that it meets the required guidelines found on the abstract submission form or respond with a "NO" if it does not meet the guidelines.  They should then request that you modify your abstract so that it more clearly meets these guidelines, which you can do via this electronic form.

All accepted William & Mary Arts & Sciences and visiting presenters are eligible to submit a 10 - 12 page paper for award consideration!  Please go to the Awards page for details.

The full GRS Program Schedule will be available during the week of March 1, 2010.

Any questions regarding abstract submission should be addressed to co-chairs Alexandra Jerome and Jonathan Skuza.