URD Poster Details

Poster Details and Tips

Details of Your Poster Presentation

Ignore all details about the abstract on this page.

Please email your name, the title of your poster, and an abstract to Kate Bell (Kate.Bell@Colorado.EDU) by Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Every participant's abstract will be included in a booklet/program. This abstract should be no more than 100 words. Here are instructions for preparing your abstract.

The faculty member and graduate students you work with should be able to give you feedback on organizing your poster. You should plan to have your poster made a week or so before the conference. Waiting until the last minute will likely cost you a lot of time while you wait for other posters to be made ahead of yours. The easels on which you will be displaying your poster are 32" by 40". We recommend a poster size that is 2' tall by 3' wide (use the sample PowerPoint poster template). We encourage our participants to present their findings in a visually accessible manner (graphs, figures, large fonts, etc.). Below are suggestions for preparing your poster. You should also look at the posters that are posted on the walls throughout the D and E wings of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Looking at posters that have already been prepared is a good way to get ideas for your own.

Undergraduate Research Day will take place on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, from 3 – 5 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom. Students presenting their research should plan to arrive at the Ballroom by 2:30 p.m. to post their presentation so that everyone is ready at 3 p.m. Participants may plan to start taking down their posters around 4:45 p.m.

For additional information contact:

  • Dr. Cinnamon Bidwell, lcb@colorado.edu
  • Dr. David Root (303-735-4485), David.Root@colorado.edu

 

Tips For Preparing Your Poster

The easels are 32" by 40" (these are provided).

You should have a caption for your poster that includes the title and your name. Also indicate the name of your faculty sponsor. All printing should be legible from 3 ft. away. Usually titles are in a larger font than the rest of the text.

Arrange the information so that it is presented in a manner that is clear and practical. Frequently the sections included are:

  • Abstract — You can use the same abstract that is included in the pamphlet. The abstract should give a 1–2 sentence rationale of the study, 1–2 sentences describing what the methodology was, 1–2 sentences of results, and the implications.
  • Introduction or Background – This section should provide the rationale for your study. Give people reading your poster an idea of the important research in the area, and the theory and empirical work that lead to your hypotheses. It is helpful if you include your research questions or hypotheses at the end of this section.
  • Methods — Describe the subjects, procedure, design, and measures of your study. If relevant you can also provide a table describing the participants or greater detail about a measure you used, if applicable.
  • Results — It is helpful to organize this section around the specific research question or hypotheses you presented earlier. Many times people describe their analyses, and summarize briefly, but most information is presented in a table(s) or figure(s).
  • Conclusions — What important points should we take away from your study? What are the implications for future research?

Try not to present too much material such that your poster appears cluttered. It may be helpful to show your poster to graduate students and the faculty you have worked with to get feedback before it is printed.

We will have push pins there the day of the event for you to use in attaching your poster to the easel.

If you would like to prepare a longer one-page summary to distribute during the session you may prepare this as well.