VSR Eligibility and Instructions
Eligibility
Individuals eligible to apply for this program are medical imaging and radiation therapy students and practitioners, including technologists working in dosimetry, education or management. Each applicant also must be an ASRT member.Abstracts will be accepted from three categories of applicants: novice researcher (no previously published research), advancing researcher (one to three prior publications) and established researcher (four or more prior publications).
Selection Criteria
To be selected for publication, abstracts must contain the following:- Purpose – Describe the problem addressed, as well as the reasons for conducting the research (goals).
- Methods – Describe the process used to conduct and analyze the research. State clearly why this methodology or strategy was appropriate.
- Results and Conclusions – Describe the outcome of the research and what was learned from the project. Address any implications this might have for practitioners, educators or managers in the field.
Submission Guidelines
- You may submit only one abstract in which you are listed as the first author. Abstracts may have more than one author. The category of applicant will be based on the status of the first author.
- Abstracts must contain new material that has not been presented or published elsewhere. If an abstract reporting the same data has been submitted for consideration at another meeting or for publication and you have not received notification of its acceptance at the time of your abstract submission, you will be required to disclose this information during the abstract submission process.
- Abstracts will not be revised or edited after they have been received. Please proof your abstract carefully before submitting.
- The suggested word count for the abstract body is 250.
- An abstract may not contain any illustrations, images, graphs or tables. If selected for augmentation into a virtual poster, you then will be able to include tables, graphs and images.
- Abstracts, posters and presentations should not include text or images that could identify a patient. Generic product names should be used when possible.
- Research projects should be based on a case series, clinical study, meta analysis, qualitative study, research synthesis or survey research. For descriptions of these projects, see our Research Project Areas.
- Members of the abstract assessment committee (the Research and Grants Advisory Panel) are not eligible.
- You will be notified of the disposition of your abstract by Dec. 15. If you wish to withdraw your abstract, you must submit your request in writing by Nov. 30 to foundation@asrt.org. After Dec. 30 your abstract may be published online or in the Radiologic Technology journal.
- To submit your application, you should e-mail the PDF application to foundation@asrt.org. See the Research Grants section of our FAQs for details on how to submit your application and how to create an electronic signature.