Getting Started
This page contains useful resources and information for getting started on creating your research poster. Need some help getting started?
Poster Dimensions
32" x 40"
Landscape and portrait poster orientations are permitted.
Poster Formatting
Posters should be created in PowerPoint and saved as a PDF.
Joint Posters
No more than two students are permitted to collaborate on one poster.
Poster Printing
Students must recieve their mentor's approval prior to printing their poster. Students who have not recieved their mentor's approval may be charged for the full price of the poster, and will be denied Symposium particiaption. Posters should be submitted through the UROP Student Portal for approval.
Students will print their poster through the UROP Office. Posters MUST be submitted in PDF format. Any other format will not be accepted.
*Posters must be submitted with the with UROP as the first line of the document title (example: UROPSympPoster_uniqname)
**Students who cannot make the deadline could be responsible for their own poster printing and payment.**
Poster Workshops/Resources
- February 22nd (4pm-5:20pm)
- March 22nd (6pm-7:20pm)
Poster Template
Poster Examples
Great research posters come in variety forms! While there is certain content that must be covered and size limitations to adhere to, you also have a lot of creative freedom when it comes to your poster’s design. There are several examples posted from various research disciplines to give a few ideas to get you started. You may also be asked to submit a rough draft of your poster.
Please note: posters must be reviewed and approved by your research mentor before printing!
Engineering
Optimizing the Manufacturing of Porous Poly ε-caprolactone Scaffold Conduits for Nerve Repair
Powertrain - Strategies for the 21st Century
Rayleigh Taylor Growth relevant to Supernova Explosions
Health Sciences
Sap97 Expression and Autonomic Regulation of Heart Rate
HPV Preventative Methods in College-Age Students
Life Sciences
Modelling of G-Protein Coupled Receptors Using GPCR-I-TASSER
Expanding the Scope of MOF-Polymer Hybridization for the Synthesis of Water Stable Absorbents
The Seasonal Drivers of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Thailand
Social Science
Uncovering Patters in Educational Research Data Reuse
Continuous Evaluation of Instruction
The Effect of Teen Passengers on Teen Drivers
Humanities
DEPLOY: Spatial Patterns of Lightweight Landscapes
Extra Poster Tips
UROP Symposium Poster Workshop Resources
Make sure your content is visible
Creating a single poster to be displayed over a virtual screen allows your audience to read the entire poster, but make sure that all of the text is legible and images come through on such a small screen.
Limit the amount of text
This may sound counterintuitive but pictures, charts, and graphs are often better at conveying information. Also, think about how long someone is actually going to read your poster or slide. It probably won’t be very long, so make sure that they can go away with an understanding of what your project was about.
Make your title stand out!
This is what will catch people’s attention and make them want to stop and look at your poster. The title should be your largest text. You can also use a different font and colors to make it stand out further.
Keep your font types consistent
While it’s okay to use a few different types to make different sections stand out; try to limit your poster to using no more than three font types.
Giving credit where it’s due
List all authors involved in with your research project, and be sure to include everyone’s correct titles (ex. Dr., Professor, etc.)!!
Put the department your project came out of (ex. Pharmacology, Anthropology, etc.)
UROP Approved Logos
Contact urop.symposium@umich.edu for any questions about further poster resources or poster printing.
