Welcome to the Registration and Information page for the BYU Library and College of Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition!
You are invited to come and share your research. Posters will be on display in the Harold B. Lee Library's North Gallery on Level Two between the atrium and the Religion/Family History area from March 3 to April 11, 2025.
We will have an open house with refreshments in the gallery on Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 2:00-4:00 pm where you can talk with others around campus about your work. Prizes for the best poster designs and open house presentations will be awarded at the conclusion of the open house.
The main objectives of the poster competition are to:
To meet these objectives, student participants are highly encouraged to tailor their poster designs and open house oral presentations to a general academic audience (see our online poster design tutorial for more guidance). Poster and open house presentation judging will specifically assess how well students clearly and succinctly describe the importance of their research to a general audience, who likely will be unfamiliar with the technical details of this research. Competition judging will focus on the poster and presentation design and communication of the research rather than the merit of the study. Please review the poster competition judging criteria for more information.
*Note: Participants can register in advance before posters are completed.
Poster Design Prizes*
Open House Presentation Prizes*
*Winners will have their posters displayed at the Science & Engineering area of the library accompanied by a photograph of the submitter and faculty mentor.
General Information
Submission Due Date: Printed and PDF copies of your poster are due by 5:00 pm Friday, February 28, 2025. Please deliver the printed poster to the Science & Engineering Help Desk in the Harold B. Lee Library. After you register for the competition, you will be sent a email upload link to a Box folder where you can upload your poster PDF. If you have any problems uploading your PDF, please contact Mike Goates at michael_goates@byu.edu.
Judging Criteria: See the poster competition judging criteria for the rubric for poster design and open house presentation judging.
Maximum Physical Poster Size: Posters cannot be more than 50 inches wide and 50 inches tall. Posters must be printed on a single sheet. They will be hung up, not mounted on a cork board. No pins will be used for mounting.
Discount Printing: Show your registration confirmation email for a 25% discount to print your poster at the library's Makerspace. Printing at the Makerspace is not profit generating. They charge only for material costs and printer wear and tear. Normal color cost is $2.00 per square foot. Schedule your poster printing and email your poster PDF to makerspace@byu.edu.
Poster Competition Open House: All competition participants are required to attend the special open house and reception in the North Gallery of the Harold B. Lee Library on Level Two between the atrium and the Religion/Family History area on Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 2:00-4:00 pm. Faculty mentors are also highly encouraged (but not required) to attend the open house. During the open house, participants will have the opportunity to explain their research to the competition judges and other attendees. Poster design and open house presentation prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the open house.
Physical Poster Gallery: Physical posters will be on display in the Harold B. Lee Library's North Gallery on Level Two between the atrium and the Religion/Family History area from March 3 to April 11, 2025.
Virtual Poster Gallery: Electronic posters will be displayed virtually on the poster competition website beginning March 3, 2025. See the 2024 Virtual Poster Gallery for an example of how electronic posters will be displayed.
ScholarsArchive: You will have the opportunity to submit your poster to BYU's ScholarsArchive, an online open access repository. ScholarsArchive will permanently display your poster and provide a stable link that you can included in a résumé.
Printed Poster Pick-Up: Following the conclusion of the poster competition, printed posters will be available for pick up at the Science & Engineering Help Desk between Monday, April 14, 2025 and Thursday, May 1, 2025. Posters not claimed by May 1, 2025 will be recycled.
Direct questions to any of these subject librarians:
