The Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Research Club (GSIRC) is calling for abstracts for the Cleveland State
Interdisciplinary Research Conference (CSIRC). Both oral and poster presentations are invited. Though our
affiliation is to science disciplines, we encourage researchers from all avenues of research to make a submission.
Graduate and undergraduate research are separately assessed and recognized with monetary awards.
Submission procedure and requirements:
Abstracts should be electronically submitted as Microsoft Word file attachment gsirc.mail@gmail.com adhering to
the following format.
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Email subject line should include:
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Preferred method of presentation (oral / poster)
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Graduate / Postdoctoral / Undergraduate category
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Microsoft Word for PC (not Mac/Apple or Word Perfect)
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Times New Roman 10 point; full justification
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Title: Appropriate first letters capital. Times New Roman 10 point, Bold. do not indent
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Authors: List names [first name, middle initial (if applicable), last name] and highest
degrees. Affiliation should be included as a superscript number defined later. Presenting author
should be in bold lettering, underlined. Identifying the affiliation: Department and/or institution /
company; new line below authors, define superscript numbers associated with the respective author
name. If there are two or more authors from same entity, use same superscript number.
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Abstract body: Single spaced; do not indent. Maximum of 400 words, excluding title and authors.
Text only no figures or tables.
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Paragraph spacing: We recommend appropriate single line space between paragraphs, for best
appearance when directly converted to pdf format.
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All text in black and white; no colored fonts.
Attending the Conference:
Faculty, employees and/or students who wish to attend the conference can RSVP to the above email. We encourage
students from a given institution to RSVP as a group.