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SRS Judging & Award Criteria

Award Categories  
  1. Outstanding Bachelor’s Poster Presentation
  2. Outstanding Master’s Poster Presentation
  3. Outstanding Doctoral Poster Presentation 
Judging Criteria 
  • Adherence to presentation format requirements 
  • Command of information or depth of knowledge on the topic 
  • Strength and quality of research elements (e.g. problem, methods, conclusion, impact, etc.) 
  • Presentation organization and flow 
  • Professional delivery of presentation (e.g. verbal articulation, pace, inflection, etc.) 
  • Aesthetics of presentation 
  • Overall presentation  
Award Announcement

An official announcement of the award recipients will be released after the Student Research Symposium via The SAA Scoop student newsletter, the SRS webpageSAA social media, and through a direct email to each recipient’s Mason email.