Abstract Guidelines

• Abstracts will be due Friday, October 2nd, 2009, to submissions@georgetowntriplehelix.org. You will receive a confirmation email that we have received your abstract at that time.
• Abstracts should be written in 100-300 words. Your abstract should outline your proposed topic and how you plan to outline your topic. You should also include relevant citations.
• The Triple Helix is a journal which concerns the intersection between science, society, and public policy. Your articles topics should reflect this broad appeal. For sample topics, please visit http://www.thetriplehelix.org and click "Archives."
• We are looking for new, interesting, innovative, and sharp angles to issues that have already been covered by national press. We are NOT looking for a mere summary of popular issues, though a background to your article is usually necessary.
• Do not worry about being perfect! This is a learning process and we will help you through it with suggestions and guidance. Remember your abstracts are faculty and peer reviewed, so you will have a great deal of input as to how you can mold your ideas.
• Even if you are describing a local event, your article can be snazzed up with interviews from cool people who attended, discussing the issues that were raised, presenting both sides of the issues, and writing about how your local issue plays into a grander national movement or is significant on a grander scale. (Make it sound appealing!)
• While we encourage you to work with ideas that interest you, we are not looking for discussion of your own laboratory research.