The Scientific Competitions:

The program holds a scientific competition during the Annual Scientific Meeting for oral and posters presentations targeting enrolled undergraduate students to enhance their competitive spirit and knowledge in research.

1. Oral Presentation Competition for Undergraduate Researchers:

Target category: Undergraduate students enrolled in the URSP.

Awards: The best three (3) presentations are to be awarded.

Terms and conditions:

• The presentation should not be longer than seven (7) minutes.
• The student should use the URSP approved template.
• The student should send the presentation (in PowerPoint format) to the program’s events email (URSPevents@ksu.edu.sa ).
• The names of all the participating students involved in the research and their supervisor must be listed in the first slide of the presentation.
• The Name of the presenting student should be listed as the first name in the first slide.
• If the research project was published, the publication‏ ‏link should be added to the first slide.
• The program’s approved acknowledgement should be included in the poster. 
• The participating student must be present at least fifteen (15) minutes before the time of the presentation.
• The oral presentation can ONLY be displayed by the student main researcher/participating student involved in same research project.
• The supervisor is not allowed to display the research during the contest.
• It is advised to put the research participant’s email address in the ‎presentation in order to ease communication with others who are interested in the presented research project.
• The participating student can distribute copies of the presentation to the visitors.
• The non-compliant presenters will be excluded.
• The URSP evaluation criteria should be reviewed by the presenting student before the competition.

2. Poster Presentation Competition for Undergraduate Researchers:

Target category: Undergraduate students enrolled in the USRP.

Awards: The best three (3) posters are to be awarded.

Terms and conditions:

• The poster should be adjusted to size (A0) – portrait view.
• The student should use the URSP approved template, with the possibility of making some changes in the content of the template taking into account that the logo of King Saud University should be kept on the top right corner and the Deanship of Scientific Research to be written under the logo. In addition,  the program’s logo should be kept in the top left corner of the poster.
• The names of all the participating students involved in the research and their supervisor must be listed in the poster.
• The Name of the presenting student should be listed as the first name in the poster.
• The program’s approved acknowledgement should be included in the poster. 
• It is advised to put the research participant’s email address in the ‎poster in order to ease communication with others who are interested in the presented research project..
• The student should ensure that the poster writing is clear (readable from a distance of one meter).
• The poster’s content should comply with the ethics of scientific research.
• The participating student should send the poster (in PowerPoint format) the program’s events email (URSPevents@ksu.edu.sa ) to review before printing.
• The student should send the final copy of the poster in both PowerPoint & PDF format to the program’s events email (URSPevents@ksu.edu.sa ).
• The program’s administration will take the responsibility of printing the research poster upon final review.
• The student is not allowed to modify or change the poster after final transmission, nor is entitled to replace it at the time of presentation.
• The poster can ONLY be presented by the student main researcher/participating student in same research project.
• The supervisor is not allowed to present the poster during the contest.
• The presenting student must be present next to the poster at least fifteen (15) minutes before the arbitration time.
• The poster evaluation is intended not to be longer than seven (7) minutes for each poster.
• The researcher student can distribute additional small copies of the poster to the visitors.
• The non-compliant presenters will be excluded.
• The URSP evaluation criteria should be reviewed by the presenting student before the competition.

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