Graduate Student Call for Presentations

Graduate competition submission options have been updated for the 2019 ADSA® Annual Meeting. ADSA Production Division graduate members, ADSA Dairy Foods Division graduate members, and ADSA Southern Branch graduate members will present their papers in competition sessions early in the two-and-a-half-day meeting. ADSA Production Division graduate competitors will be allowed to present their papers in a regular sessions within their subject area (in addition to their competition session). National ADSA Production Division graduate competitors are also eligible for the Southern Branch competition.

Your first section preference should be one of the following graduate student paper competitions:

• National ADSA Dairy Foods Poster Only
• National ADSA Dairy Foods Oral Only
• National ADSA Production Oral Only (MS or PhD)
• National ADSA Production Poster Only (MS or PhD)
• ADSA Southern Branch Only

Competitors must be ADSA members in good standing and, if applicable, members of the Southern Branch. The ADSA Production Division Oral (MS and PhD), Dairy Foods Division Oral, and ADSA Southern Branch competitions are for oral presentations only; posters will not be accepted for these competitions. The ADSA Production Division Poster (MS and PhD) and Dairy Foods Division Poster competitions are for posters only and oral presentations will not be accepted.

ADSA National Production Division graduate competition members must also select their subject area as the second preference and contact headquarters if they would like to present that abstract within that section as a poster only. You must email your intent to present the abstract as a poster no later than February 20, 2019. Please include your tracking number, title, subject area, and corresponding author in an e-mail to abstract@assochq.org.

The ADSA Graduate Student Oral Presentation and Poster Presentation competitions will be held in both the Dairy Foods and Production Divisions of ADSA. The Dairy Production Division will have both oral and poster contests, with an MS and PhD division in each. Students can compete in only one contest each year. A certificate and cash award will be presented to the first-, second-, and third-place winners in each division. All participants must be members of ADSA. A photograph and a brief résumé, including name, address, telephone number, degrees and date received, professional work experience, areas of research, scholarships and fellowships received, professional activities and memberships, and other special interests, should be sent along with the abstract to the division contest chairperson (see subsequent information). The résumés will be used to write the citations of the winners. Presentations must represent original research by the contestant. In developing the plan of research and in preparing for the oral presentation, the contestant should have such counsel from the major professor as is normally expected. Some requirements for abstract submission differ between the 2 divisions. Consult the information below for specific instructions and requirement pertaining to individual competitions in the appropriate division.

An institution is entitled to enter one participant per department in each of the MS and PhD Production Division contests. Students who have placed first, second, or third previously may not enter this contest type again unless they change degree programs (i.e., MS winners can compete at the PhD level). Students can, however, compete in the poster competition at the same degree level. Contestants must submit an oral entry for the competition. If students wish, this can also be presented in a regular subject matter session as a poster presentation. The graduate student is not required to present in both the graduate contest and the regular section. To enter the contest, follow the instructions for submitting an abstract by using the submission form at https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/2019-Annual-Meeting. In addition, students should submit a letter indicating the appropriate division and desire to enter the contest, signed by the major professor and department head, as well as a brief résumé (see General Information) and a photograph. This letter should be uploaded at the time of abstract submission in the file upload section shown during the abstract submission process. IMPORTANT: The ancillary material should be uploaded as either a single PDF file that contains all requested materials or a single ZIP file that contains all documents. Do not upload more than one file. If the student would prefer to submit this letter by traditional means, please include the letter and 1 copy of the abstract, including the online submission tracking number, a brief résumé (see General Information), and a photograph, to be sent to Maris McCarthy, maris.mccarthy@adisseo.com. All submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST on February 20, 2019.

An institution is entitled to enter 2 participants per department in each of the MS and PhD contests. Students who have placed first, second, or third previously may not enter this contest type again unless they change degree programs (i.e., MS winners can compete at the PhD level). They can, however, compete in the oral competition at the same degree level. Contestants must submit a poster entry for the competition. If students wish, this can also be presented in a regular (non-competition) session as an oral or poster presentation. The graduate student is not required to present in both the graduate contest and a regular section. The poster must represent original research by the contestant. In developing the plan of research and in preparing for the poster presentation, the contestant should have such counsel from the major professor as is normally expected. Each contest participant will be assigned a time for all the judges to visit the poster at the same time. Judges will have 12 minutes to ask the student questions about the poster. To enter the contest, follow the instructions for submitting an abstract by using the submission form at https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/2019-Annual-Meeting. In addition, students should submit a letter indicating the appropriate division and desire to enter the contest, signed by the major professor and department head, as well as a brief résumé (see General Information) and a photograph. These materials should be uploaded at the time of abstract submission in the file upload section shown during the abstract submission process. IMPORTANT: The ancillary material should be uploaded as either a single PDF file that contains all requested materials or a single ZIP file that contains all documents. Do not upload more than one file. If students would prefer to submit this letter by traditional means, please include the letter and 1 copy of the abstract, including the online submission tracking number, a brief résumé (see General Information), and a photograph, to be sent to Keena Mullen, North Carolina State University; kamullen@ncsu.edu. All submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST February 20, 2019.

There is no restriction on the number of participants from an institution for the Dairy Foods Division Competition. To enter the contest, follow the instructions for submitting an abstract by using the submission form at https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/2019-Annual-Meeting. In addition, please include as part of the abstract submission (in the file upload section) a letter indicating a desire to enter the contest, signed by the major professor. IMPORTANT: The ancillary material should be uploaded as either a single PDF file that contains all requested materials or a single ZIP file that contains all documents. Do not upload more than one file. Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST February 20, 2019, and letters may also be sent directly to Laura Colby; llcolby@landolakes.com. The submitted abstracts will be evaluated by a committee, and up to 10 finalists will be selected for the Dairy Foods Division Graduate Oral Presentation Competition. The selected finalists will be notified by March 21, 2018. Contestants selected as finalists will give their presentations in the competition session; contestants not selected as finalists will present their papers as part of regular oral sessions. The selected finalists will also be required to submit an extended abstract to Laura Colby by April 4, 2019. The extended abstract (typed, single-spaced) will consist of a 1-page Introduction, 1-page Materials and Methods, and 2 pages of Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (no more than 4 pages total). Judging criteria and point distribution for the expanded abstract and oral presentation are located online at https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/2019-Annual-Meeting. Finalists will be asked to send a brief résumé and a photograph, as described in the General Information.

There is no restriction on the number of participants from an institution for the Dairy Foods Division Poster Competition. The poster presenter can present only one poster during the poster competition, and contestants must submit an abstract entry for the competition. To enter the competition, follow the instructions for submitting an abstract by using the submission form at https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/2019-Annual-Meeting. Please include, as part of the abstract submission (in the file upload section), a letter indicating a desire to enter the contest, signed by the major professor. IMPORTANT: The ancillary material should be uploaded as either a single PDF file that contains all requested materials or a single ZIP file that contains all documents. Do not upload more than one file. Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST February 20, 2019; and the additional letter may also be sent directly to Sam Alcaine; alcaine@cornell.edu. The submitted abstracts will be evaluated by a committee, and accepted abstracts will be selected for the Dairy Foods Division Graduate Poster Competition. The contestants will be asked to send a brief résumé and a photograph.

The ADSA Southern Branch Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the ADSA Annual Meeting. Graduate students may not participate in both the national and Southern Branch competitions unless they submit 2 different abstracts, 1 for the national competition and 1 for the Southern competition. If a student wishes to participate in the national ADSA competition, he or she must follow the procedures for either the Production or Dairy Foods Division Competition, as stated above. If a student has questions regarding the Southern ADSA competition, please contact Jillian Fain; jfain@uga.edu. All abstract submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST on February 20, 2019.