Students who present posters in the Student Competition will be evaluated in the following areas:
Scientific Content (50%)
- Title concise, informative and relevant to poster content; judge title given on poster (not Program Book) (5 points)
- Introduction, justification and background w/ pertinent literature cited (5 points)
- Objectives or hypotheses: clearly stated and concise (10 points)
- Materials and methods (study design): clear, concise, and appropriate for the problem (10 points)
- Interpretation of results and analysis clear, concise and accurate; if poster is billboard style, the central billboard message (“hook”) is supported by data provided (10 points)
- Significance of results to field of study clearly discussed (10 points)
Presentation (50%)
- Organization
- Logical order, minimum redundancy (5 points)
- Effective use of space; smooth transitions between sections (5 points)
- Visual Aids
- Legible w/ appropriate-size fonts, color contrast, no conflicting backgrounds (high contrast images (for example, avoiding color schemes that are hard to distinguish for colorblind participants like red/green); if poster is billboard style, QR code functions properly and directs viewer to concise, relevant content (15 points)
- Text with no grammatical errors and not excessively wordy (10 points)
- Effective use and description of visuals (i.e. photos, diagrams, figures, and tables), coordinated with and cited in text (15 points)