IAAD Poster Competition Awards
If you are a student or a resident (category Student Scientist), or if you are a young clinician (category Clinician) or a researcher (within 5 years after your last degree = category Junior Scientist) you can compete for one of the IAAD Poster Competition Awards. All abstracts ranging from clinical reports to clinical/laboratory research are welcome in this competition.
IAAD will host one award in the category Student Scientist, a second award in the category Junior Scientist, and a third award in the category Clinician (see eligibility below). Please indicate during submission, which category you would like to compete in. Each abstract can be entered for only one award.
If you have not indicated your participation in any of those three categories during submission, you will not compete for any award.
Eligibility:
– To be eligible for the Student Scientist category, you must be enrolled as a student or resident in a high-school, undergraduate, BDS/DDS, or post-graduate certificate/master program at time of submission. Please submit a copy of your certificate of enrollment.
– To be eligible for the Junior Scientist category, you must be enrolled in a PhD program or be a researcher within five years after your last degree at time of submission. Please submit a copy of your certificate of enrollment or state the year of your last degree.
– The category Clinician is open to any individual within five years after your last degree at time of submission as well as to students or residents in a high-school, undergraduate, BDS/DDS, post-graduate certificate/master or PhD program at time of submission. Please submit a copy of your certificate of enrollment.
Selection criteria:
The judging panel will take the following considerations into account for grading of the posters:
- originality and design of the investigation;
- quality of the data produced;
- suitability of the methods of analysis used;
- scientific value of the work;
- quality of the poster presentation;
- demonstrated mastery of the subject.
What will be awarded?
– The winners in the Student Scientist category will receive the “Presidential IAAD Scientist Award”. The first place winner will be awarded US$ 300, the second place winner will be awarded US$ 200, and the third place winner will be awarded US$ 100.
– The winner in the Junior Scientist category will receive the “Fusayama IAAD Scientist Award”. The first place winner will be awarded US$ 300, the second place winner will be awarded US$ 200, and the third place winner will be awarded US$ 100.
– The winners in the Clinician category will receive the “IAAD Clinician Award”. The first place winner will be awarded US$ 300, the second place winner will be awarded US$ 200, and the third place winner will be awarded US$ 100.
The winners will be announced during the Award ceremony of the meeting.
Other terms:
Each abstract will be judged by a panel of judges appointed by the IAAD Poster Competition Chair during the conferece.
Abstracts that were not accepted or accepted but not presented, as well as abstracts violating any abstract rules and guidelines will not be considered for an award. The panel reserves the right to withhold an award in the event that there are not sufficient entries (less than three) or the quality of the entries is insufficient.
For questions, please contact the IAAD Poster Session and Competition Chair, Dr. Jin-Ho Phark: phark@usc.edu