Regulations

1. International Cardiovascular Research Meeting (ICVRM) is organized by Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum:
2. Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine;
3. Department of Health Promotion;
4. International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, Bydgoszcz, Poland;
5. Student Scientific Society.
6. President of Scientific Board: Jacek Kubica
7. The meeting (International Cardiovascular Research Meeting) will be held on October 8th-10th 2020 and conducted entirely ONLINE.
8. The ICVRM is a scientific conference with a special part for young researchers - the Coprenicus Award Competition (competition for researchers under 30 years of age).
9. Registration for the conference is free of charge.
10. The official language of the meeting is English.
    

The Copernicus Award Competition

1. The Copernicus Award is a competition for researchers under 30 years of age (students and young investigators).
2. The subject of the presented research should be related to the cardiovascular theme.
3. Only original reports are accepted.
4. Only on-line registration is accepted.
5. Registration for active participants is open until September 15th 2020. Submission of an e-poster (pdf) along with an abstract are required. Note: posters and abstracts arriving after this date will not be accepted.
6. E-posters in pdf must be submitted before September 15th 2020. Please prepare it as follows: pdf, black and white (color is accepted only in graphs and charts), font size ≥14, final size: A2, vertical layout.
7. Abstracts must be submitted along with an e-poster before September 25th 2020. All abstracts will be published in the Medical Research Journal.
8. The acceptance decision (based on e-posters’ and abstracts’ evaluation) will be sent by e-mail until October 2nd 2020.
9. Jury will choose  8 BEST RESEARCH (based on e-posters’ and abstracts’ evaluation) and authors will present their work during the Young Investigators’ Session held online on Thursday (8th October 2020) (as a presentation MS PowerPoint).
10. Among 8 reports presented during Young Investigetors’ Session the Jury may distinguish the best presentations.
11. FIRST prize: 3000 PLN, SECOND prize: 2000 PLN, THIRD prize: 1000 PLN
12. *The Jury may decide to grant or not each of awards.
13. The Jury's decision is final and cannot be reversed.
14. The official language of the Conference is English.
15. Submission of papers for the Conference is equal with accepting the abovementioned Rules and giving consent to processing personal data for organizational purposes by the organizing committee.
16. The Rules’ interpretation, arbitration of all issues of the dispute and other matters not mentioned in the Rules are prerogative of the organizing committee.
    

ABSTRACTS

1. Abstracts must be submitted before September 25th 2020.
   Note: Abstracts arriving after this date will not be accepted.
2. Abstracts must be in English.
3. An abstract should not exceed 3000 symbols (about 350 words).
4. Title: In BOLD, with no more than 200 characters, spaces included.
5. An abstract should be organized as follows: BACKGROUND; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION.
6. Maximum 5 references.
   

POSTERS

1. Posters must be submitted ONLINE before September 25th 2020.
2. All posters will be printed and displayed by the Organizing Committee.
3. Posters should be prepared as followed: pdf, black and white (color is accepted only in graphs and charts), font size ≥14, final size: A2, vertical layout.
4. Title: In BOLD, with no more than 200 characters, spaces included.
5. Posters should have the structure of an original article, i.e. introduction, methods, results, discussion and conclusions.
6. Graphs and tables are welcome, color is accepted.
7. Maximum 5 references.
   

PRESENTATIONS (8 BEST POSTERS)

1. Presentations should be prepared in MS PowerPoint.
2. Oral reports should not exceed 5 minutes and discussions cannot take longer than 5 minutes.
3. The session chairman or Organizing Committee has the right to interrupt any report or discussion after a lapse of time given.