Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) 2022 Conference
This is the website for the SURE 2022 conference taking place on Friday, 14th October 2022 in SETU-Carlow campus and TU Dublin.
If you are from Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Dundalk IT or TU Dublin please register for the TU Dublin conference here.
The conference programme/schedule and details of oral and poster presenters may be found here.
If you are from Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Munster Technological University or SETU please register for the SETU- Carlow conference here.
The SETU-Carlow conference programme and details of oral presenters may be found here.
Book of abstracts SURE Conference 2022
The book of abstracts contains a detailed programmed schedule for each venue, key note and postgrad biographies and details the names and abstracts of all of oral and posters presenters participating in the conference. The book of abstracts for the conference may be found here.
SURE 2022 Conference posters in Gathertown
Once again this year, the SURE 2022 conference posters are being hosted in the virtual poster sharing platform gathertown and may be found here.
So design your character and go in and have a look to see what science has to offer at undergraduate level across the TU/IoT sector in Ireland!
About SURE 2022
The SURE 2022 Conference will be the fifth series of Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Conferences. This year’s conference will take place on Friday, 14th October, 2022, and will be co-hosted by SETU – Carlow campus and TU Dublin as a live Face2Face event running simultaneously in both venues on the same day. Students from throughout Ireland who are completing their Final Year Project in a science discipline in 2021-22 will be presenting their undergraduate research work to this conference.
The aims of each of the SURE conference are to:
- Provide current students with an opportunity to gain an understanding of the work which has been undertaken by recent graduates, and the career opportunities that exist for graduates in Scientific disciplines.
- Provide recent graduates with an opportunity to gain a reviewed publication based on the scientific research undertaken by them during their undergraduate studies in SURE-J, Irelands first and only undergraduate expert reveiwed research journal.
- Celebrate the academic achievements of recent graduates in the scientific disciplines.
- Provide a multi-disciplinary scientific forum through which undergraduate research outputs can be disseminated to students, researchers, academic professionals and industry.
How to enter SURE 2022 CONFERENCE
Submission is now closed, we look forward to seeing you next year!
Academic members of staff wishing to participate in the review process can submit their details here by Monday the 30th May 2022 –
Please see video about the SURE conference and how to apply here
Call for Submissions
Students and graduates who have recently completed an undergraduate research project (NFQ Level 8 or NFQ Level 7) in a Scientific discipline are invited to submit a 250 word abstract for an oral or poster presentation by Monday the 30th May 2022 4th June 2022. Submissions are invited for the following, and related, disciplines:
- Analytical Science
- Biology
- Biopharmaceutical Science
- Chemistry
- Computing
- Food Science
- Health Science and Nutrition
- Land Sciences
- Mathematics
- Nursing
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Physics
- Materials Science
- Sport Science
- STEM Communication
- STEM Education
- STEM Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- STEM Technology
- STEM Informatics
Submissions are welcomed for both lab-based and desk-based research projects.
CONFERENCE LOCATIONS
The SURE 2022 conference will run simultaneously in two venues on the same day. Students from the following institutions* will present at the conference in SETU – Carlow campus
- SETU – Waterford campus
- Munster Technological University
- Technological University of the Shannon
Students from the following institutions will present at the conference in Technological University Dublin
- Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Atlantic Technological University
SUBMITTING YOUR WORK
The process for making an abstract submission is as follows:
- Go to the SURE Abstract Submission page and register for an account with Oxford abstracts, our abstract management system. Please use a non-college email that you know you will have access to in October 2022 when registering for your account.
- Once you have signed into the Oxford abstracts system you will see the Abstract Submission form. Please read through this form carefully, noting all questions that must be filled in and the author information required. It is here that you will upload your max 250-word abstract to.
- Download, prepare and upload a Supervisor Consent form using the Consent Form Template. Ensure that this form is signed by your project supervisor before uploading to the Oxford Abstracts system. Your abstract will not be accepted without having uploaded a completed consent form.
- Take care when writing your abstract and make sure to proofread before upload and submission. This abstract should clearly and concisely communicate your research to a scientific audience that may not have expertise in your own discipline. Remember to include some brief information on research background, outline your research question, the main methodological approach taken or methods used, main result summary and concluding statement interpreting your results and describing their impact.
- Complete your abstract and upload your consent form to the SURE Abstract Submission Page, providing all the required details, including the list of authors and their affiliations and answering all related questions detailed in this form.
The extended deadline for submission is June 4th 2022. If your Final Year Project submission deadline is after the submission date, Project Coordinators are asked to contact the Programme Committee Chairperson.
Your submission will be reviewed* by two experts in your field, and you and your co-authors will notified of the outcome in early July 2022. If accepted, you will then be advised on the dates for the submission of an updated version of your work for inclusion in the conference materials.
*note – Abstracts are double-blinded before review. This means that the reviewers won’t know your identity and you won’t know their identity. The consent form containing your name and your supervisor’s name are retained by the Conference Committee only and not sent to the reviewers.
PRESENTING YOUR WORK
Successful authors will be invited to make an oral presentation or a poster presentation at the conference. Oral presentations are 10 minutes in duration. Posters are formatted as A1 portrait and will be available on the conference website. They will also be presented in brief by their authors at the conference. Poster authors must be available for discussions about the poster during the conference. All accepted authors will be issued with guidelines for the final version of their presentation or poster in advance of the conference.
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