RDM Day 2026 abstract guidelines
Please use the following guidelines and template information for your RDM Day abstract submission.
If you would like to present a poster at this year’s RDM Day, you can now submit an abstract. You must follow the guidelines for submissions below. Please note, if you would like to submit an abstract, you must first register to attend RDM Day.
There are a limited number of poster spaces, so research groups should submit a maximum of three posters per group.
Abstract guidelines and template
- Keep your submission to one A4 page (including figures and graphics).
- Limit the main text to approximately 250 words in Calibri 11 (text linked to images in Calibri 9).
- Provide departmental affiliations in the following format: Division/Institute, Department, University, Country.
- Use the following sub-headings to layout your abstract:
- Title
- Authors
- Departmental affiliations
- Abstract
- Underline the presenting author and identify if they are a DPhil student or postdoc/fellow.
- Include the research rationale (written for a non-specialist audience), methodology, results and conclusions. Note that abstracts/posters should not contain commercially sensitive data (e.g., data to be used in a patent application) – all selected poster abstracts will be published in the event programme and the Andrew Wiles Building is accessible to the public.
- Number citations sequentially in the text and keep to a minimum.
- Include a figure, if appropriate.
- Consider including a graphical abstract, which is a single‐panel image designed to give non-specialised readers an immediate understanding of the poster’s take‐home message.
Submitting your abstract
- To submit your abstract, you must first fill out the RDM Day registration form to attend.
- You must then complete the Poster abstract submission form, uploading your abstract as a Word file when prompted.
- The deadline for submissions is 12 noon on Monday 2 February.