69th Annual Southern Hardwood Forest Research Group Meeting
Dr. John Adams Student Research Poster Competition
 
February 15, 2024
​Capps Center - Stoneville, Mississippi

igibility:  Competition is open to any currently enrolled undergraduate, M.S. or Ph.D. student doing original research on an aspect of southern hardwood forest natural resource management (e. g. silviculture, ecology, protection, products, aquatic biology, wildlife, etc.).

Time: Posters must be set up in the Capps Center by 9:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting and should remain on display until the end of the meeting.  Display boards and pins will be provided.

Attendance: Students must attend the meeting and are expected to be at their poster to answer questions during the poster viewing time during the morning break. In addition, students will be assigned a 10-minute time slot during a period of oral presentations after lunch.  Each student will have ten minutes in which to summarize their poster and answer a question, or two.

Entry deadline: To facilitate judging prior to the meeting, posters must be submitted by midnight  February 11, 2024, and only one poster may be submitted per student.

Submit your poster at: https://www.deltacouncil.org/southernhardwood.html
 
Awards:  The first-place winner receives $250, second-place winner receives $175, and the third-place winner receives $100.  Winners will be announced at the end of the meeting.
 
FORMAT:  Poster size should be no greater than 48 in x 48 in.
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            Posters should include – 

• 1)  Title banner with title, author(s), department and institution – entrant must be first author
• 2)  Abstract – a maximum 250-word summary of the study and findings
• 3)  Introduction – clear and concise statement of the rationale, objective(s), and justification for the project
• 4)  Materials and Methods – the key materials and methods defining how the study was conducted
• 5)  Results – may include tables, figures, photos, etc. showing and documenting experimental findings and analyses
• 6)  Conclusions and Discussion – statement and brief explanation of conclusions from the study results and their significance
• 7)  Acknowledgements and References – brief acknowledgment of other contributors who are not authors, and key literature references

Legibility:  All text and figures should be readable from 1 meter, including captions and figure legends.
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Continuity: The presentation should be a coherent series of statements and supporting illustrations which show the progression of the study.

Each student may submit one poster.  

After entering your name, email address, co-authors, and abstract, please include the Poster Title in the abstract. Next, upload an electronic copy of your poster in PDF or PowerPoint format using the “Upload Poster” block below the abstract block.

Posters submitted after midnight February 11, 2024  will not be accepted. If problems occur during the submission process, please contact Ted Leininger at [email protected] .