Academic Poster category

To enter the Academic Poster category, you will need to create a poster that communicates your research to a general audience. You will be invited to display your poster in the showcase exhibition if your submission is shortlisted.

If you have been shortlisted in poster competitions run by the Faculty of Science and FMHS, your poster will automatically be entered into the SGS Research Showcase, so you do not need to resubmit it. However, if you would like to adapt your poster for a more general audience, you are welcome to enter the new version in the SGS Research Showcase.

• Winner: $1,000 voucher
• Runner-Up: $750 voucher
• People’s Choice Award: $300 voucher
• Spot prizes: For creative design, research impact, provisional year candidate submissions and enthusiastic poster presentations.
  

• Workshop: Designing Research Posters (Monday 18 August, online)
• Online resources: Designing Research Posters

Winning entries will be selected by a panel of judges invited by the School of Graduate Studies. Entries will be judged according to:

• Academic content
  
• Design
• Appeal to a broad audience

1. Entry is open to currently enrolled doctoral candidates.
   
2. Only one entry per person per category is allowed.
   
3. To enter, an online entry form should be submitted (together with your high-resolution PDF file) by the deadline provided.
   
4. Shortlisted candidates will be notified, after which they must submit a hard copy of their poster (A1 size) for display. 
5. Shortlisted candidates are responsible for their printing costs and can use their PReSS accounts for this purpose.
6. All entrants must ensure that they are the original first author of the poster.
7. The judges’ decision is final.
8. Electronic posters will be displayed online on Figshare. 
9. All entrants are expected to be present at the Interactive Exhibition and Prizegiving on Thursday 13 November.
10. The School of Graduate Studies reserves the right to review the poster and ask the entrant to modify it to ensure it meets the standards of the University of Auckland’s health and safety, research ethics, and equity policies, or to preserve the researchers’ intellectual property rights.