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By midnight EDT on Tuesday, May 3, judges will have posted their queries to your poster. Make sure you answer them by midnight on Wednesday, May 4th! Your answers will be considered in the scoring by the judges that will be completed on May 5th.
No. Only you and the judges can see these queries. The rest of the IGERT community sees and can post to the general comment area.
Visit their posters and leave comments. Vote for the 4 posters (one can be your own) in the Community Choice competition. Remember, 4 of the 24 finalists will be chosen by the community. Chat with other presenters during the chat session from 1-4 PM EDT on Thursday, May 5th.
All community members are urged to visit the posters and leave comments and queries. Please play an active role and reply to these posts. Participate in the chat session on Thursday, May 5th from 1:00-4:00 PM EDT.
The public will see the posters and will be able to hear your audio narration. They will not see comments, judges’ queries, or the chat.
Click on “Posters” from the Home page. This will bring you to a page where you can view all 135 posters. The left navigation will allow you to filter your results by your judging group.
IGERT faculty were invited to judge in this competition. Those faculty who volunteered were matched to judging groups based on common keywords and themes that were chosen by presenters. It is important to note however, that the IGERT projects encompass a wide array of fields and research themes and that careful consideration for conflicts of interest between judges and presenters also had to be accounted for. Hence there is not an exact match between judges’ fields of expertise and individual posters. Click on “Judges” in the top navigation and you will be able to see the judges that are assigned to your group.
Judges will score each poster based on this poster rubric . Judges will select 20 finalists (2 from each judging group).
Four additional finalists will be selected by Community Choice votes. Each IGERT.org member is invited to select 4 posters that they most meritorious as their Community Choice votes. Judges will not participate in the Community Choice competition.
No, judges' scores will not be shared with you. However we will send a compilation of their comments to you after the competition.
Only members of IGERT.org who are logged in during the chat session Thursday, May 5th.
Only logged in IGERT.org members
Your poster will be archived on the site. You still maintain all copyright to your work.
Friday, May 6th
All finalists will attend a full day event from 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM at National Science Foundation in Washington DC on May 25th. Save the date!
At this event, finalists will present their posters in person. You will be expected to bring your poster to mount on a poster board. There will be a second round of judging at this time. The presenters of the top 10 posters will be awarded a $3,000 travel award and the other 14 finalists will be awarded a $1,000 travel award. During the day, finalists will participate with alumni and NSF staff panelists.
Yes, we assume that many finalists will edit their posters as they consider the questions left by judges and the comments posted by the community. Physical posters should be no larger than 42" (3.5' square). (Posters may be smaller and do not have to be square.)
Yes.
The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, May 3: Judges log-in to IGERT.org and visit each of their assigned posters to view and listen to the audio presentations. By midnight, each judge must post a query to each presenter.
Wednesday, May 4: Judges visit posters to see the replies to their queries that have been posted by presenters.
Thursday, May 5: Judges must score each poster within their group by 10 PM EDT . Judges must score every poster within their judging group for their scores to count.
Friday, May 6: Finalists will be announced.
At the top of your screen in the black bar, you will see a shortcut to “My Posters.” This link is present at the top of every page on the site when you are logged in.
You can start on May 3rd, but you will need to return to each poster on May 5th to judge how well presenters have answered judges' queries. All scores must be submitted by 10 PM EDT on May 5th.
At the very top of every page in the black bar, you will see a link to the “Control Panel.” The Control Panel provides a link to a summary of your scores so that you can keep track of the posters that you have partially or fully completed. You will also see a link in the Control Panel to other judges’ scores within your judging group.
At the bottom of each scoring rubric you are asked to offer a general comment about the poster. Only your comment and not your score will be shared with the presenter. Please make sure to be supportive by providing constructive critique.
Yes. You can save what you have done as you go through the rubric so that you can leave and return, as necessary. To return to scoring rubrics that you have started, click “My Scores” in the top bar of any page.
Once you have completed judging a poster and have entered scores for each item on the scoring rubric, be sure to click “submit” so that they can be tallied with the others. You must score all posters within your group. If you only score some, none of your scores will be counted! This judging must be completed by 10 PM EDT on Thursday, May 5th .
From the Home page, you can navigate to the My Scores summary page. Here you will see which posters you have completed and which you have yet to do. You must score all posters within your group . If you only score some, none of your scores will be counted ! The Home page will also help you to keep track of how many queries you have sent, as well as how many unread replies you have received from the presenters.
Yes! In order to count your scores, you must submit scores for all of the posters in your judging group . If you skip any posters, none of your scores will be counted , as we need to maintain scoring consistency in the groups. The presenters are aware that the judges will have varied fields of expertise and their presentations should be made toward that of a general audience.
If your group has a tie (e.g. three presenters who all have the same score), the appointed chair will be asked to break the tie. He/She might do so by reviewing comments of the judges on each of the posters, by emailing the judges in the group, or by arranging a conference call (free conference line provided in the Control Panel). The emails of the judges in your group are available in your Control Panel and you should feel free to email each other as needed. You can also email the entire group by clicking “Email Group.”
The emails of the judges in your group are available in your Control Panel and you should feel free to email each other as needed. You can also email the entire group by clicking “Email Group.”
We leave this up to the judges in each group. If you would like to arrange a conference call, you can email your group to find a time (free conference line provided in the Control Panel). This is not required.
The judging must be complete by 10 PM EDT on May 5th so that the scores can be collected and tallied to announce the finalists on May 6th.
To watch an archive of the webinar that was held for judges, click here .
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Click on “Posters” (top right of the screen) to view all posters. Use keywords to filter posters and view those that are in your area of interest.
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On each poster page, there is a link to the presenter’s IGERT.org Profile page where you can find more information. Presenters post contact information on their Profile page.
No. Only IGERT members who have logged in to the site will have access to voting in this competition. If you are the member of an IGERT program but have not yet registered on site, please apply to join asap. Once you are registered, you will be able to log-in to vote.
We advise you to use up-to-date versions of Safari (5 or higher), Firefox (3 or higher), Chrome (10 or higher) or IE (7 or higher).
Click the "Fullscreen" icon in the toolbar that displays across the top of each poster. This "screen" icon is next to the % Scale bar. You can click it again to escape back to the page size view. We encourage you to use fullscreen for the best view of a poster. To see a picture of this icon, click here .
Click "Download Poster" underneath the poster (bottom right-hand corner). You can then print this PDF as you would print other files from your computer.
Guests, future employers, and interested members of the public are invited to browse the posters and listen to the audio narration provided by each presenter. If you are interested in contacting the presenter you can click on their name to see their bio.
Please contact us and send us a message.
Click on “Posters” (top right of the screen) to view all posters. Use keywords to filter posters and view those that are in your area of interest.
You can vote for the 4 posters that you find to be the most meritorious by clicking the “Vote for Poster” button that you will see on each poster page. You can view your Community Choice votes by clicking “My Activity” in the top black bar on each page of the site.
Yes. You can select and deselect up to 4 votes at any time. However voting closes and is finalized at 10 PM EDT on Thursday May 5th .
With the exception of the 50 designated competition judges, any logged in IGERT member (program coordinators, trainees, faculty, alumni, and partners) can vote for their top 4 favorite posters in the competition. Members of the public, who are not members of IGERT.org cannot vote for Community Choice. All votes must be in by 10 PM EDT on May 5th.
Any member of an IGERT program (trainees, faculty, program coordinators, alumni, and partners) can become members of IGERT.org by being invited by a member of their own program or by applying to join. Once they have received an invitation or an approved application, they can complete their registration as a member of the site. If you have any questions or need help with getting your colleagues to join IGERT.org, please contact us .
Yes! You can post questions and feedback to presenters by posting a comment on their poster page. Presenters will be monitoring this area too so be sure to check back to see replies that are posted to your questions.
Only logged in IGERT.org members will see comments posted to presenters. If you are a member of an IGERT, be sure to log-in to see and post these comments.
Yes. Use the same log-in as you do for IGERT.org. If you are logged in to IGERT.org already you will not need to log-in again. Once you log in you will be able to comment, vote, and chat. None of these functionalities will be available if you don’t log-in.