Abstract submission for Research Day 2019 is now closed.

All award competitors, other than dental hygiene and undergraduate students, will be required to give an oral PowerPoint presentation on Judging Night.

• Dental hygiene students will have a separate award competition.
• Undergraduate students will present their poster on Judging Night, but a PowerPoint presentation is optional.

Each award winner, other than dental hygiene and undergraduate students, will also be required to give their oral PowerPoint presentation again on Research Day during the main program's announcement of poster awards and presentation by awardees.

Award competitors should follow the guidelines for oral presentations on this page for their oral PowerPoint presentation.

• You will have a maximum of five minutes to present your research, followed by 5–10 minutes of questions by the judges.
• Awardees will have a maximum of five minutes to present their research on Research Day and will use the same PowerPoint presentation as on Judging Night. However, there will be no questions from the audience.
• We recommend you use a minimum of four but no more than six PowerPoint slides.
• Bear in mind that the judges and the audience on Research Day may not be experts in your area of research.
• Describe the aim of your research and explain why it is important to answer your research question.
• Briefly describe the materials and methods you used to conduct your research.
• Allocate most of the presentation time to the results of your project. State the results simply and clearly so that significant facts can be readily identified.
• Conclude the presentation with a brief summary of the essential findings you believe were demonstrated by the experimental data and their clinical relevance.
• Acknowledge your co-authors, sponsors, and anyone who made significant contributions to your research.

• You are free to design your own poster from scratch, but be mindful of any size requirements set forth by your event organizers. If you plan on attending the International Association of Dental Research General Session and Exhibition, please make sure to use the appropriate template.
• To request a PowerPoint template, contact Keli Seering at kseering@iu.edu.
• If you have questions about the layout and printing of posters, please contact IU School of Dentistry Dental Illustrations at dsillus@iupui.edu.