April 8, 2013 8:30-12:00
Atrium, Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
Purpose:
The MCNHR Graduate Student Research Poster Competition has been established to provide a forum to showcase the graduate student research that has been recently completed or that is in progress. Theory or conceptual posters not directly tied to a research project are not eligible for the MCNHR Annual Graduate Student Poster Competition but are eligible for the MCNHR & WRHA Research Day, “Building successful Research Partnerships”. The poster competition will be held in conjunction with events of the Dr. Helen Glass 2013 Researcher-in-Residence, Dr. Greta Cummings.
Eligibility:
The poster competition is open to all current or recent (within the last year) graduate students in the Faculty of Nursing or PhD program in Applied Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary PhD, or PhD in Cancer Control whose advisor is a member of the Faculty of Nursing. To be eligible for an award, graduate students must be present from April 8, 2013 from 8:30-10:30 for judging of their poster.
Criteria for Evaluating Posters:
Judges will evaluate posters based on the following criteria:
- Appearance & organization
- Content/Scientific Merit
- Presentation
Awards:
Three awards (Gold, Silver and Bronze) will be presented at 12:00 at the reception following Dr. Edwards’s scholarly lecture. Each award winner will receive:
- An award certificate for Gold, Silver and Bronze winners.
- A bookstore gift certificate: Gold winner $500 gift certificate, Silver winner $300 gift certificate and Bronze winner $200 gift certificate
- Their poster will be displayed as “Poster Award Winner” for duration of Research-in-Residence Event
- Posters submitted to the MCNHR Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition will also automatically be accepted as poster for the MCNHR & WRHA Research Day, “Building Successful Research Partnerships”, April 11, 2013, Faculty of Nursing. However, students who attend the research day will be required to register.
- Photo of winner and publication of their name and photo as an award winner in the Faculty of Nursing newsletter, annual report and website
Deadline for application: March 29, 2013
Application form: Word version Fillable PDF