Registration and Abstract Guidelines

Welcome to the Registration page for the 35th annual SJU Sigma Xi Research Symposium, which will take place on the Hawk Hill campus of Saint Joseph’s University on November 21, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to ~8:00 p.m

Registration for the 2025 Research Symposium is now open and will be closed at 11:59 p.m. November 17, 2025.

You must first register to attend the symposium at which time you will receive an order number which will be necessary to submit your abstract.

READ the “Guidelines on Abstract Submission” before uploading your abstract file.

• Abstracts must be submitted as Microsoft Word documents (in a “.docx” file).
• Text must be 12 pt Times font.
• Abstracts must not exceed 300 words in length.
• Abstracts are limited to one single page with 1-inch margins.
   

Please follow guidelines below for headers:

First line – Title, in BOLD and CAPS
Second line – Author’s last name, first initial (followed by an asterisk). The faculty mentor(s) last name, first initial (to be underlined)
Third line – Departmental affiliation
Fourth line – The name of the school
Fifth line – The city, state and zip code of the school (If multiple colleges/universities and/or departments are involved, list each one, with its address. Superscript numbers can be used to identify which authors come from which institutions).

Please leave one blank line between the header and the body of the abstract, which should be single-spaced and justified.

Example: (Please use single space as shown below.)

THE ROLE OF CHLORINE IN THE DISINFECTION OF DRINKING WATER.
Smith, A.*, Johnson, B. and Jones, D.
Department of Engineering
City University
Philadelphia, PA 19000

Sigma Xi is not responsible for missing information in uploaded abstracts. If you have any questions about the submission of abstracts, please contact Dr. Shaan Bhatt at 610-660-3440 or sbhatt@sju.edu.