Call for Abstracts
(Pour la version française, cliquez ici)
10th Edition of the UoM Research Week
“Connecting Research to the Industry and Community”
18 - 22 September 2017
The 10th Edition of the UoM Research Week will be organised by the University of Mauritius from 18 to 22 September 2017. This year the Research Week Theme retained is “Connecting Research to the Industry and Community”.
The Research Week aims at providing a consolidated platform for staff, students and researchers to interact and carry out peer discussions on ongoing or emerging research. The main objective of the Research Week is therefore to showcase research being undertaken in the country.
Academic Staff members, Students, Researchers from other Tertiary Education Institutions both local and regional as well as other Participants are invited to submit extended abstracts for oral presentations and poster sessions. Stakeholders from private and public sectors including alumni are welcome to participate.
Registered MPhil/PhD Students at UoM should compulsorily make a presentation of their Research Work/Work in Progress/ Proposal.
Centres (CBBR, CRSI and ICSTH), Poles of Research Excellence and Principal Investigators for both Externally and Internally Funded Research Projects should mandatorily have a Poster and/or Oral Presentation under their respective Faculty.
Faculty, students, and affiliated researchers are invited to submit up to five (5) abstracts inclusive of oral presentations and poster sessions (either as author or co-author). However, only up to two (2) oral presentations will be allowed per presenter. Oral presentations will be of 20 minutes duration (including question time). Poster presentations should be in A1 format.
Although each Faculty has a special theme for this Edition of the Research Week, the organising committee welcomes submissions under the UoM Research Week Theme “Connecting Research to the Industry and Community”. For any additional information, please contact the Faculty Research Committee.
In case an abstract is not accepted the author may consider submitting same for a poster presentation.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Extended abstracts should be submitted online at latest by 14th August 2017 and should include the following details:
- The presentation title (up to 20 words);
- The name, affiliation and email of all authors;
- Paper type (oral or poster);
- A word description (between 500 and 700 words) of the presentation(extended abstract);
The extended abstract should comprise the background and objectives of the study, approach and methodology, major findings of the research work, conclusion and significance, and up to five (5) keywords.
All extended abstracts will be blind reviewed and the corresponding author will be notified of acceptance at latest by Monday 28th August 2017. All abstracts should be formatted as per the template (English |French) and submitted via the online submission system.
IMPORTANT DATES
Online submission opens on Friday 14th July 2017
Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday 7th August 2017 Monday 14th August 2017
Notification of Acceptance: Monday 28th August 2017 Thursday 31st August 2017