Abstract submission for Research Day 2020 is open Monday February 3, 2020 through Friday March 6, 2020. If you have questions about formatting or submitting your abstract, please contact Keli Seering at kseering@iu.edu.

Use these guidelines to prepare your abstract:

1. Limit title to a maximum of 10 words. Capitalize the first letter of all principal words as well as the first letter of words of four or more letters. The title should be in bold font.
2. Capitalize all letters in the names of presenters. Use initials for first names and middle names. Omit degrees and academic titles. Place an asterisk after the name of the primary presenter.
3. Place name(s) of institution(s) within parentheses.
4. Do not use all capital letters in the body of the abstract.
5. The body of the abstract limit is 300 words (this does not include the title and author/institution information).
6. The abstract must contain a brief statement of the objectives of the investigation, experimental methods used, and essential results. Results should include data. Results should also include statistics, if applicable.
7. Illustrations are not permitted in the abstract.
8. Results and conclusion must be stated in the abstract. It is not acceptable to report that results "will be presented at the meeting."
9. Abstracts reporting studies with unidentified drugs or materials will not be accepted. All drugs and materials must be identified both in the abstract and during the presentation.
10. Underline the conclusion.
11. Include name of supporting agency and grant number, if applicable.
12. Proofread carefully.

Judging Night will be held on Wednesday April 1, 2020 at the School of Dentistry. 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 or if you have questions about the layout and printing of posters, please contact IU School of Dentistry Dental Illustrations at dsillus@iupui.edu.