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Submission Guidelines
Submission to the SURF Conference Proceedings repository is limited to recipients of the UC Berkeley Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. To ensure that the journal maintains a professional and
uniform look, we ask that you format your paper using the following guidelines:
- Pages should be standard letter size (8.5 x 11 inches), with 1-inch margins on all sides.
- Please insert "SURF Conference Proceedings [Year]" as a running header (left-aligned, italicized).
- Insert page numbers in the top right corner.
- Your submission should start with the title of your paper in bold, 14-point Times New Roman font, left-aligned. After that, please include the following in 12-point Times New Roman font:
- Name | Major | Session Number
- Mentor: Professor [insert name], Department
- Body text should be in 12-point Times New Roman font, justified and single-spaced. Please indent and leave a line in between paragraphs.
- For your bibliography, please use Chicago style citations.
- Figures should include captions in 9-point Times New Roman font.
- Section headings are optional. If you choose to use them, please use roman numerals and bold, 14-point Times New Roman font.
If you have questions about these guidelines, please contact Caitlin Lowe at lowe.caitlin@gmail.com.