NGI Student Poster Contest

Any graduate student working on NGI-funded research at MSU, USM, FSU, LSU or DISL is invited to enter.

The student must be registered in attendance for the NGI conference to be held on May 13-14, 2008 in Biloxi, and have conducted the reported NGI-funded research. Please go here for CONFERENCE REGISTRATION.

Students may submit only one poster. Poster contestants will be required to accompany their poster for a designated time period at the NGI conference. See Conference Agenda for timelines relating to poster display and required presence.

To enter the Poster Contest, please use this ON-LINE ENTRY FORM.

Maximum size for posters is 4 ft by 4 ft. Poster board and easels will be provided for display at Conference.

Presentations are judged and scored in six areas: (a) justification, statement of objectives, and summary of results, (b) visual aids, (c) voice, language, and physical manner, (d) originality, (e) materials and methods, (f) results and conclusions, and (g) explanation of relevance to Northern Gulf issues (the "so what" factor).

Please use the on-line form to enter. If a contestant does not turn in her/his title and contest declaration by the deadline, they will be ineligible for the contest.