The AAAS Student E-poster Competition recognizes the individual efforts of students who are actively working toward an undergraduate, graduate or doctoral-level degree. Multidisciplinary research projects are encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria
The competition is open to individuals who are full-time students at the time of submission for work recently performed while enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degree program.
- Each applicant can only submit one abstract and must pay the non-refundable $25.00 abstract submission fee.
- In order to participate in the Student E-poster Competition, confirmed presenters must register and pay the meeting registration fee for students by November 6, 2022 11:59 PM PT.
- Advisers must certify that the research presented on the poster involves only the work of students enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degree program at the time the work was performed.
- Please alert your adviser to respond to our verification email.
- Co-authors and advisor's names can appear on the E-poster PDF, but they cannot be listed in the abstract submission nor can they participate in the oral presentation (video or virtual meeting with judges).
- Research proposals and promotions of a product or a program will not be accepted.
Submissions that do not meet these criteria will be disqualified.
Virtual Review and Judging
For the 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting, each approved presenter will:
- First Round: Approved E-poster students prepare and submit a PDF of their E-poster and a 3 minute video that will be an oral synopsis of their work.
- These materials will be reviewed and scored to determine who will advance to the final round.
- Final Round: Finalists will be invited to virtually meet with judges for a 10 minute session (5 minutes presenting and 4 minutes for Q&A)
- The finalists’ sessions will be hosted live on Zoom.
- Zoom presentations will take place through January 4-7, 2022. Exact date and time (2 hour block) for each category will be determined at a later date. Please make sure you are available on the dates of January 4-7, 2022 before applying.
All accepted E-poster abstracts, PDFs and videos will be available to the general public on the 2023 AAAS Annual Meeting online program.
First Place winners will be announced live on-site in Philadelphia at the 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at the end of the annual meeting.
Student Poster Categories
Please review all categories to carefully select the one that is most relevant to your research. For more information click on the Guidelines PDF link at the bottom of the page.
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Brain and Behavior
- Cell Biology
- Developmental Biology, Genetics, and Immunology
- Environment and Ecology
- Medicine and Public Health
- Physical Sciences
- Science in Society
- Social Sciences
- Technology, Engineering, and Math
Prizes
The first place winning undergraduate and graduate students in each category will receive a cash award of $500, a one-year AAAS membership that includes a digital subscription to the journal Science, name and poster title printed and published in Science, and a recognition certificate (total prize value is up to $565).
The honorable mention place winning undergraduate and graduate students in each category will have their name and poster title printed and published in Science and will receive a recognition certificate. Please be sure to note your student status on your abstract submission.
The student presenter is the only eligible recipient to receive the cash award and prizes.
Please click the link to see the 2022 AAAS Student E-poster Guidelines for more information.
The official language of the 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting is American English.
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Kathy at karias@aaas.org.