Each research presentation, regardless of your field of
study, should contain some common sections
• Introduction
• Background/Literature Review
• Research Question(s)
• Research Methods
• Findings/Data
• Discussion/Conclusion(s)
• Future Research
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Questions
• Use simple backgrounds that provide some visual
interest
• Always use the same background throughout the
presentation
• Try not to use backgrounds that are distracting or
make it difficult to read the words
Each presentation will have a title slide
The title slide must contain the title of your project, which
must be the same title you used for your abstract
submission
It must include your name, your faculty mentor’s name
and department, and the name and location of your
institution
• Fonts should be standard and easy to read
• Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri
• The title of the slide should be about 44-point
• The body of the slide should be about 22-point
• CAPITALIZE ONLY TO MAKE A POINT – NOT ALL THE
TIME
• Avoid text heavy slides
• Avoid full paragraphs unless quoting
•
Create a slide for each main point because
• it Keeps presentation focused
• Helps the audience concentrate on each point
• Prevents audience from reading ahead
Don’t Populate your slides
Briefly in the form of bullets describe how you plan verify your hypothesis or realize the
objective of the project
Briefly describe the background that led to this project. This usually involves a brief
review of the relevant literature. Also describe what are the deficiencies or gaps of the
published studies and how the project will fill the gaps and/or correct the deficiencies or
gaps in the published studies.
You want to convey what’s been done and how your research is different or an
improvement.
Describe the experimental or analysis methods that will be employed. Provide statistical
arguments for the sample size and statistical methods that will be used for analysis of the
results. Also indicate the anticipated results. Point out the limitations of the proposed
studies as you see them.
References to published studies form the basis for this project. Also describe what are the
deficiencies or gaps of the published studies and how the project will fill the gaps and/or
correct the deficiencies or gaps in the published studies.
• Each presentation will have a title slide
• The title slide must contain the title of your project,
which must be the same title you used for your
abstract submission
• People will decide whether they want to attend
your presentation based only on your title and
abstract
• It must include your name, your faculty mentor’s
name and department, and the name and
location of your institution
• In this section you want to inform your audience of
all the relevant background information of your
research project
• You want to convey what’s been done and how your
research is different or an improvement
• This is the section where you should explain why
this research is important
• State your research question – it should stand
alone on this slide
• This section should be short and only be one to
two sentences
• We set out to explore if the fornix is traceable
using a high spatial resolution DTI tractography
protocol on 3T.
In this section you should share with your audience
how you went about collecting and analyzing your
data
• Subjects
• Scanner
• IRB approval
• Statistics
• In this section you want to clearly organize and
display your data and findings
• This is where graphs, charts and images are most
helpful
• Let the data do the talking in this section and just
explain the graphs, charts and images that you are
presenting to your audience
• You will analyze and discuss this data in the next
section
Figure 1. 3D
superior View of
limbic pathways
on T1 W map.
Cingulum
(green), and
fornix (blue)
Graph
• This section is a concise summary of your main
findings
• Ideally you should be able to state the answer to
your research question that you initially posed in
the beginning
• If you have only begun to answer your research
question tell the audience what you know so far
and what you plan to do next to fully answer that
question
Discussion/Conclusion
• This is also where you will analyze and discuss the
answers you obtained from the data you showed on
the previous slides
• Do not make this slide too overwhelming, but rather
keep it to the main findings
Not all presentations will have this section, but at
your stage of research you will most likely have future
research goals.
• State your goals in a bulleted format
• Add a sentence about why you believe the
research should go in this direction
• You may want to briefly mention how you plan to
implement these research goals
In this section you do not want to include your entire
reference list that is in your research paper
It’s best to include 3-5 key references
Be sure your references are in the proper format
(APA, ASA, ACS, MLA or Chicago style) for your field
of study
Acknowledgement
This section is used to thank the people, programs
and funding agencies that allowed you to perform
your research.
Be sure to thank:
Your faculty mentor
Any post-docs or graduate students that may have
helped you
And anyone else you may want to add
Thank you for your attention !
Always thank the audience for their time and attention.
