Students participating in the 2025 Student Symposium must first submit their abstract to be approved by a faculty or staff project advisor.
Submit your abstract through InfoReady by Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
Abstract Guidelines
- Abstract deadline: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
- Abstracts should be no more than 250 words in length and must be submitted through the online abstract submission portal.
- Individual and team submissions are welcome.
- If you are part of a team submission, only the team lead should register the team and upload the abstract through InfoReady. Please include the first name, last name, email address, level of study, and major/program of each of your co-presenters. Please only include co-applicants if you plan to participate as a team. If you are participating in the competition as an individual, you may acknowledge supporters in your presentation.
- Only one abstract may be submitted by each individual participant or each team.
- If a student elects to participate as a part of a team, the individual may only participate as a team member in one team.
- Upon submission of your abstract, the abstract submission portal will automatically send your abstract to your UMass Lowell faculty or staff advisor for review and approval.
- Upon approval, the student who submitted the abstract will receive an email with instructions for how to submit their presentation slides or poster.
- If you need to make changes to a submitted abstract, email: Student_Symposium@uml.edu to report that you wish to make a change.
- If your abstract does not receive approval, you will receive feedback from your faculty or staff advisor with recommended changes. Please send an updated abstract by email to: Student_Symposium@uml.edu to be reviewed again.
Read more about the oral presentation and poster presentation guidelines and resources.