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How to Create a Research Poster

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What is a Research Poster?

Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program.  Research posters summarize information or research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion. 

The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other presentation formats. At a conference, the researcher stands by the poster display while other participants can come and view the presentation and interact with the author.

What Makes a Good Poster?

• Important information should be readable from about 10 feet away
• Title is short and draws interest
• Word count of about 300 to 800 words
• Text is clear and to the point
• Use of bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read
• Effective use of graphics, color and fonts
• Consistent and clean layout
• Includes acknowledgments, your name and institutional affiliation

A Sample of a Well Designed Poster

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Image credit: Poster Session Tips by [email protected], via Penn State

Where do I begin?

Answer these three questions:.

• What is the most important/interesting/astounding finding from my research project?
• How can I visually share my research with conference attendees? Should I use charts, graphs, photos, images?
• What kind of information can I convey during my talk that will complement my poster?

What software can I use to make a poster?

A popular, easy-to-use option. It is part of Microsoft Office package and is available on the library computers in rooms LC337 and LC336. ( Advice for creating a poster with PowerPoint ).

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign

Feature-rich professional software that is good for posters including lots of high-resolution images, but they are more complex and expensive.  NYU Faculty, Staff, and Students can access and download the Adobe Creative Suite .

Open Source Alternatives 

• OpenOffice is the free alternative to MS Office (Impress is its PowerPoint alternative).
• Inkscape and Gimp are alternatives to Adobe products.
• For charts and diagrams try Gliffy or Lovely Charts .
• A complete list of free graphics software .

A Sample of a Poorly Designed Poster

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Image Credit: Critique by Better Posters

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Scientific Poster PowerPoint Templates

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Billboard Posters, also called better posters or Posters 2.0 , are a new style of scientific poster that intends to simplify posters and make sharing information easier in a shorter amount of time. We have templates and tutorials to get you started.

Billboard Poster Templates

Here are some PowerPoint templates to get you started. Feel free to change the colors and layout as needed. These templates are within the PowerPoint page size limit of 56" and comes in several different aspect ratios, each of which can be printed in a number of sizes (as listed).

Persuading Sapphire

• 48 x 36 56x42 | 64x48
• 48 x 24 72x36 | 84x42 | 96x48
• 36 x 24 54x36 | 63x42 | 72x48
• 36 x 36 (square) 42x42 | 48x48
• 36 x 48 (vertical) 42x56 | 48x64

Pondering Peacock

Assessing Slate

Hypothetical Ocean

Philosophical Seafoam

Conceptualizing Cobalt

Perceptual Pewter

Deliberating Watermelon

Concentrative Chartreuse

Intuitive Cerulean

Intellectual Sage

Inquisital Anchor

Ruminative Mauve

Debating Denim

Comprehensive Crimson

Rational Rouge

Introspective Porpoise

Melancholy Medallion

Concluding Cider

Pragmatic Graphite

Imaginative Arctic

Speculative Stone

Contemplative Cloud

Theorizing Vermillion

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Free Academic Poster Templates to Customize Online

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Make a  scientific poster design template  to synthesize all the information of your investigation. See in an organized way what you have learned and communicate it to everyone.

Customize a scientific poster template for your academic presentations

An academic poster is an innovative way to present the results and information obtained after scientific research. It is necessary that all parts of a scientific poster are arranged in order.

Edit.org makes it easy for you to create academic poster designs and make an incredibly good presentation. You will be able to organize everything in a professional way so that your message is clear and powerful.

Our team of designers has created academic and scientific poster examples  as well as all kinds of academic posters  so that you just have to choose the one that best suits your needs.

Among the different templates, you can create:

• An effective science outreach poster with the ultimate goal of clearly displaying the information obtained.
• A scientific poster for the academic public to be captivated by your research.
• Create all kinds of templates to make scientific posters that you can design step by step thanks to the editor, very easy to use. Choose from our extensive catalog of templates and in a few minutes, you will have the result you expect, all for free!

How to edit an academic research poster template with Edit.org

• Click on any image in this article or, if you prefer, go to our editor and choose one template.
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• Download it in the format you need and in the highest quality! JPG, PDF, PNG... choose yours. 

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Free academic poster templates to download and print

Thanks to the pre-designed templates, Edit.org is one of the best programs to make academic posters in a simple and fast way, but with the results of a professional graphic designer. In addition, if you wanr, you can make a design from scratch completely to your liking.

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