Research Poster Competition 2024
Showcasing the richness and diversity of postgraduate research at Sussex
Are you keen to share your work with the wider world and start communicating your research? We invite PGRs from all years and disciplines to submit an academic poster to this year's Research Poster Competition.
Posters should offer a clear taster of your research, have visual impact, and be accessible to a non-specialist academic audience. It's a great way to build on our interdisciplinary research community and to discover more about the huge range of PGR research projects being carried out at Sussex.
How does it work?
Applications are open Monday 22 April to 12 noon on Monday 20 May. Read the guidance below carefully before you enter, paying particular attention to the required dimensions and resolution.
Shortlisted entries will be displayed in an online gallery here, and exhibited as part of SussexDocFest on Thursday 6 June in the Student Centre.
This year, excitingly, entrants will also be invited to an in-person interdisciplinarity event on Wednesday 5 June to present their poster and discuss opportunities for collaboration with researchers of all levels.
The competition will be judged by a panel drawn from the University’s research community, with online and in-person voting for People's Choice.
In need of inspiration? Check out last year's entries in the Sway below. We can't wait to see what you submit!
Prizes
First Place: £200 towards your research
Second Place: £100 towards your research
People’s Choice: £100 towards your research
Entrants should note the following:
- Posters must relate to an aspect of the entrant's postgraduate research.
- Each postgraduate researcher can submit only one poster. Posters can be landscape or portrait orientation.
- Posters must be submitted in PDF format, to be printed at A1 size.
- Any pictures must be a minimum of 150dpi at the size as if they are being printed (e.g. if the A1 poster includes an A4 picture that needs to be approximately 1250 x 1750 pixels).
- It is the responsibility of competition entrants to ensure that any images used in their poster are not copyrighted.
- Your poster must not have been submitted to a previous SussexDocFest competition.
- The University of Sussex shall not be liable in any way for a submission.
Judges will assess the posters according to the following criteria:
First impression
- Is the poster easy to read?
- Is space used effectively within the poster?
- Does the poster present a logical flow of information?
- Is the poster overall visually attractive and engaging?
Title and content
- Is the title engaging?
- Are the aims/objectives of the research clearly stated?
- Are the methods clearly explained and with sufficient detail?
- How well are the results communicated on the poster?
- Are any images, graphs or figures clear and easy to understand?
Overall
- Does the poster communicate a clear 'take-home' message?
- Is the poster accessible to a non-specialist academic audience?
| Key competition dates | |
|---|---|
| Applications open | Monday 22 April |
| Deadline for submitting your entry | Monday 20 May, 12 noon |
| Entries reviewed by judging panel | Monday 20 May - Friday 24 May |
| Shortlisted posters announced, and online gallery launched | w/c Monday 27 May |
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Voting for People's Choice award - online |
Monday 3 June - Thursday 6 June (4.30pm) |
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Exhibition at SussexDocFest, and in-person voting for People's Choice |
Thursday 6 June, 10.30am-4.30pm |
| Winners announced at SussexDocFest prize-giving ceremony |
Thursday 6 June, 4.45pm |
Research Poster Competition 2023