Guidelines for the Oral Presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Taiwan (TPS)

Amended by the Department of Academic Affairs on 6/9/2018
Amended by the Department of Academic Affairs on 5/2/2020

1. The goal of the TPS oral presentation competition is to encourage students in physical sciences to participate in research, present their research progress, and promote and acknowledge individual achievement.
2. To qualify as a competitor, the presenting author should be either a student or a research assistant, including Postdoctoral Fellow, and register to enter competition at the Annual Meeting registration.
3. Award Selection: The organizer should invite several reviewers to form the selection committee. The committee chair in charge of convening meetings is elected by the committee members.
4. Competitors should present his/her paper and respond to questions within the allocated time. Selection Criteria: 40% for content, 30% for presentation, and 20% for Q&A performance, and 10% for time control.
5. Award: The Oral Presentation award winner receives NT$ 5,000 and a certificate.
6. The list of the award winners for the Oral Presentation competition should be announced prior to the closing ceremony of the Annual Meeting.
7. The Guideline shall be enacted after the approval of the Department of Academic Affairs Board of TPS. Same measure applies when the Guideline is amended.