Completing a Project Abstract
The abstract should include the following:
- Purpose of the project
- Description of the project
- Data
- Conclusions
Tips on Writing a Project Abstract
A project abstract is a brief paragraph or two (limited to 250 words or 1,800 characters) highlighting and/or summarizing the major points or most important ideas about your project. An abstract allows judges to quickly determine the nature and scope of a project.
- Emphasise these aspects: purpose (hypothesis), methods (procedures used), data summary or analysis, and conclusions.
- Omit details and discussions.
- Use the past tense when describing what was done.
- Use short sentences.
- Use complete sentences. Don’t abbreviate by omitting articles or other small words in order to save space.
- Avoid jargon and use appropriate scientific language.
- Use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.