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Call for Posters
for the OPA Annual Convention Poster Session at the Concourse Hotel, Columbus - October 31, 20078
Deadline for Submissions: September 26, 2008

The Ohio Psychological Association invites undergraduate and graduate students and faculty conducting research on psychology-based topics to present poster summaries at its annual Convention, October 29-31, 2008. Posters may report on empirical (quantitative or qualitative) studies or non-empirical theoretical/review projects. This year’s poster session will offer special recognition to undergraduate and graduate students who have the most exemplary posters. Three prizes will be awarded: best graduate empirical project, best graduate non-empirical project, and best undergraduate poster. Lead authors of winning posters will be given:

• a cash prize
• an opportunity to highlight the research in a 2009 issue of The Ohio Psychologist 
• one-year free membership to the Ohio Psychological Association, and
• free admission to the 2009 OPA Annual Convention (October 21-23, 2009, Quest, Columbus)

The poster session will be held on Friday, October 31, 2008 according to the schedule below. Award winners will be announced during the luncheon on Friday.

Posters will be judged on the following: professionalism, conceptualization, methodology (empirical only), conclusions and overall contribution to the discipline. Click here for a detailed list of poster criteria.

An online entry form may be downloaded and submitted now. One free lunch is included per poster entry. Additional lunches are available for $15, and can be requested up to one week before Convention.

Please submit your proposal by September 26, 2008 to:

Poster Committee
Ohio Psychological Association
395 E. Broad St. #310
Columbus, OH 43215-1599
E-mail
Call 800-783-1983 with questions

Applicants will be informed of their entry acceptance at least two weeks prior to Convention.  Submission of proposal signifies that you will present on Friday, October 31, 2008.

Include the following information so that we may review your proposal:

• Name, address, e-mail and phone number
• Your status (faculty, graduate, undergraduate)
• Faculty advisor name if you’re a student
• Academic or college affiliation
• Note if poster is empirical/non-empirical
• Title of research
• Abstract (50 words or less)
• If you have presented this research elsewhere, indicate where
• $25 presentation fee (includes backboard to display poster on)

Make checks payable to the Ohio Psychological Association.

• View a list of the 2007 Poster Session Winners
• View a list of all of the 2007 Poster Session Entries