Writing an abstract for a scientific conference

Writing an effective abstract is crucial if you want to present your scientific work at a conference. However, the art of scientific communication is often not taught before or during your first scientific project, and might therefore be the cause of many frustrations. An abstract is a compact version of your research project, so you’ll need to convey your message and highlight your new results in a very concise manner. This might be challenging, as you might wonder what to include in the abstract and how to write this paragraph exactly.

This course takes you through all the steps you need to consider when writing an abstract, and is therefore ideal for the beginner abstract writer. You will learn how to write with the audience in mind, how to identify the different sections of the abstract, and how to write them successfully. We’ll also go over how abstracts are actually evaluated, and we’ll end with general scientific writing techniques and how to start writing your abstract.

Anyone should get a shot at presenting their work at a scientific conference, and just by applying the techniques in this course, you’ll be one step closer! The knowledge of this course will help you with writing your research project into an abstract format, and with presenting your data clearly to the right scientific audience.