Submissions
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Posters due by Monday, March 19, 2012.
Posters must display work that has been completed or published in the last two years. Authors must use the poster competition template and upload it (in PDF format) to the website no later than 5 pm on Monday, March 19, 2012. The committee will evaluate the posters and notify all participants which finalists have been chosen by April 21, 2012. Finalist posters will be printed by the VPR office and displayed for the event. All finalists will be expected to attend the event in the Rotunda Dome Room on May 4, 2012.
Using the Poster Template
Download the Template (PPT)
Authors MUST use the poster competition template. The template is in PowerPoint and is pre-set to the correct size. Please leave the grey box and fill with text (which must be the font type and size as specified on template) about the impact of your research. You must fill in the following information at the top of the poster:
- Poster Title: Use plain terms/language a layperson would understand.
- Category: Use one of the six award categories.
- Name of your School(s): School where you are located, then list other schools (if you have co-authors from other schools).
- Department Name(s): Your department, then other authors' departments.
- Name(s): List all authors here. List Full Name with year (i.e. 1st year UG) or graduate student status (i.e. MS/PhD/Postdoc). Format: Last name, First name (status). Faculty should be listed last.
Leave the UVa logo and wording at the bottom of the poster. All other design and content is up to the author. Please use a font size large enough to be read from 24-36 inches away (ideally at least 24 pt.). We strongly encourage authors to create the poster to showcase their work at a high level and in plain terms so that everyone viewing the poster can understand the research and its impact.
Eligibility
Open to all post-docs, graduates, and undergraduates. Faculty may be involved, as last author.
- Postdocs: Includes all postdoctoral fellows, research assistants and research associates at UVA.
- Graduate Students: Includes any student working on a degree of any type that is beyond an undergraduate degree at UVa.
- Undergraduate: Includes individuals registered as an undergraduate student at UVa.
To recognize research and scholarship as a central part of the UVa mission, we will be holding a Pan-University Research Poster Competition to highlight high-impact and innovative growth areas for UVa research.
This year's theme: IMPACT
Authors should write in the grey box how their research has had, is having, and will have impact. This should be written so that anyone reading your poster will understand what you do and the impact it has. If you had your parents or friends that do not study in your field read the poster, would they understand your research and the impact that it has?
Award Categories
- Physical & Environmental Sciences
- Engineering, Biosciences, & Health
- Humanities, Social, & Behavioral, & Economic Sciences
- Law, Business, Policy, & Education
- Translational & Applied Research
- Performing & Fine Arts & Architecture
Authors may select only ONE category in which to submit their poster. Authors may be the lead on only one poster, but can co-author others.
Criteria for Awards
- Quality of inquiry, performance, design, outcomes
- Potential impact on society
- Advance in knowledge
- Innovation, creativity, risk-taking, exploration at frontiers
- Collaborations with internal and external partners
Judges are from all disciplines and will score the posters on each of the above criteria. Judges will use the same criteria plus the in person presentation of the poster to judge the final winners.
Finalist/Winners
We will select 3 "finalists" in each of the categories. We will have three separate tracks: postdocs, graduate, and undergraduate students.
Three finalists in each Postdoc, Grad & UG category and ultimately one winner for each:
- Physical & Environmental Sciences- 3 Post Doc finalists -> 1 post doc winner
- Physical & Environmental Sciences- 3 Grad finalists -> 1 Grad winner
- Physical & Environmental Sciences- 3 Undergraduate finalist -> 1 UG winner
6 categories x 9 finalist in each= 54 posters printed/displayed. 18 will be selected as winners. All submissions will be on the VPR website. After the judging session on Friday, May 4th all the posters remain on view in the Rotunda for the entire week of May 4-11, 2011, so that thousands of visitors can view them.
If your poster is chosen as a finalist you will need to attend the judging poster session and entertain discussion/questions from the "judging committee" and/or meet President Sullivan at your poster. The session is open to the public and we encourage you to attend even if your poster is not selected as a finalist.
Prizes
$500 travel funds to each winner (18). These funds will be transferred to a PTAEO in your home department to be spent on scholarly travel within the next 12 months. If the winner is graduating or leaving the University they are still eligible to receive the funds as a travel reimbursement. If the winner does not want to use the funds they may elect to leave them for the department to use for scholarly travel of another person. Funds must be spent or returned to the VPR office by May 31, 2013.
President Sullivan will attend the Rotunda event, and will award the winner of each category a blue ribbon and sign the poster.
Poster Availability and Intellectual Property Concerns
All poster submissions will be featured on the competition website and thus accessible to the public. If you believe you may have generated intellectual property in the course of your research, please contact the U.Va. Licensing & Ventures Group at 434-924-2175 before submitting your poster to speak with a licensing associate, who can assist you in making sure your discoveries are protected. You may opt to not display your poster when you are uploading it to the website, but if it is chosen as a finalist you will be required to display it.
The VPR office will have the finalists' posters printed (and will pay for the cost of printing) and have them delivered to the Dome Room, where they will be displayed.
Example Posters
Outstanding posters from last year's competition are available for viewing on the inauguration website.
Additional Questions?
If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Send an email to Cheryl Wagner.