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1. Abstract

  • Email your abstract by 11:59 pm on Friday 2nd February, 2024
  • Email your abstract to hdr@qut.edu.au (Graduate Research Centre) 

Write a 200 - 300 word abstract about your research.

This is a summary of the content that your slide and presentation will cover; the nature of the research performed, the research method used and the preliminary results of the research.

Your abstract should:

  • Adopt an objective, scientific, and informative tone;
  • Provide a clear and concise, grammatically correct summary;
  • Give a stylistically uniform treatment of the subject;
  • Provide a rationale or justification for why the study was performed;
  • Give a brief account of the purpose, need, and significance of the investigation;
  • Give a brief account of the research method;
  • State results succinctly;
  • Be accurate and exact. Quote specific numbers and measures (where applicable) and avoid use of vague or imprecise terms, especially in presenting the method and reporting the results;
  • Outline conclusions or recommendations (if any);
  • Do not cite references.
Subjects: Information technology / Computer science, Information technology / Information systems, Mathematics, Science / Biological sciences, Science / Chemistry, Science / Earth science, Science / Environmental science, Science / Physics
Tags: QUT VRES, Vacation Research Experience Scheme, VRES