Abstract Submission Information

Welcome to the Florida International University McNair Scholars Research Conference 2018!

CREATING AN ACCOUNT

When you navigate beyond this page, you will see a login page. The first time that you get to this page, click on the hyperlink, Create an Account. For the account, you will need only a username and an e-mail address. Use your university/college provided e-mail address. After you click the Register button, the system will send you an e-mail message. The message will contain your password and a hyperlink to the Abstract login page. Use the information to return to the Abstract site. You may change your password.

When you navigate beyond this page, if you had already set up your account, you may start submitting an abstract, using the instructions, shown below.

ENTERING THE ABSTRACT INFORMATION

When you browse to the Abstract Submission Web page, after selecting the option, New Abstract, you will see the Web page on which you will add your abstract. Note: you will NOT be able to attach a document to this page. You will have to type your abstract, or copy the content and paste it into the content window. Your abstract may not exceed 700 words. Be sure to enter all information required in the various fields:
Title: Enter the title of your abstract.

Body of the Abstract: Delete the text in the abstract text box, and paste your abstract there.

Event: Use the drop-down list to select the event: FIU McNair Scholars Conference 2018

Topic: Use the drop-down list to select the discipline under which your research was done. If your discipline does not appear in the list, select the last option, Other, then type the discipline as the first line in the abstract box.

Author Information:

Name: Enter your full name, First Name, followed by Last Name. Please do NOT use all lowercase letters for your name.

E-mail Address: Enter your university-provided e-mail address – do NOT use addresses like Yahoo!, Gmail, etc.

University/College: Enter the full name of your University. Do NOT include the name of a specific college or program within the University.

Add Author: If two or more authors collaborated on the project, click the Add Author button, and type the name and e-mail address of the second author. The rules for the first author’s information apply to the second and subsequent authors.

Presenter Information:

Name: Enter the full name of the person who will do the presentation: First Name, followed by Last Name. Please do NOT use all lowercase letters for your name.

E-mail Address: Enter the university-provided e-mail address of the presenter – do NOT use addresses like Yahoo!, Gmail, etc.

Presenter Preference: Use the drop-down list to select the preferred presentation format – oral or poster presentation. You may also choose to do both.

FOLLOWING UP

The reviewer is expected to complete the review of the abstract within two weeks. Please return to the site, periodically, to determine whether your abstract has been accepted for presentation. Following the acceptance, you should register yourself for the conference, as soon as possible.