Conference Poster Creation

Scope of support.  The Office for Nursing Research can provide assistance with poster creation. Specifically, the ONR Secretary will:

1. Provide assistance with resizing posters
2. Provide suggestions for improving poster appearance, including layout, tables and figures
3. Check to ensure that posters adhere to conference guidelines
4. Make appropriate arrangements to print the poster.

Procedure for requesting support.

1. Two months before your conference date, please forward a copy of your abstract to the ONR Secretary.  In this email, please provide the following:
   1. Name of the conference
   2. Website link containing the conference’s poster requirements
   3. Date they will pick up their poster at the CON (Poster Pickup Date)
   4. The MFK to which the printing cost for the poster will be charged
2. Once this information is received, the ONR Secretary will provide you with the following:
   1. A Deadline Table for ONR Poster Creation
   2. Poster templates
   3. ONR Poster Sample
   4. Statistical Reporting Reference Sheet
3. A complete draft of your poster is due to the ONR Secretary at least 2 weeks in advance of the Poster Pickup Date. The ONR Secretary will review the poster draft to determine how much work is left to complete.  The poster author should be available (either by email or in person) to address requests for additional information and to review poster edits.
4. Final electronic poster files that are ready for printing are due to the ONR Secretary a minimum of 5 full business days before the Poster Pickup Date.