CNF Annual Meeting Poster Presenter Information

Poster Instructions & Guidelines

📐 Poster Dimensions

Required Size: 30" W x 40" H (Portrait ONLY)

Due to space constraints with our venue, we will not be able to accept any posters that are not 30" x 40". 
We apologies for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
 

🧾 Required Poster Content

  • CNF Acknowledgement:
    “This work was performed in part at the Cornell NanoScale Facility, an NNCI member supported by NSF Grant NNCI-2025233.”
  • CNF Logo: Download Here
  • At the top of the poster (LARGE & BOLD), include:
    • Poster Title
    • Your Full Name
    • Email Address
    • Principal Investigator (PI)
    • Department
    • University (fully spelled out)

📌 Poster Submission Deadline

Posters must be delivered in person to 250 Duffield Hall by Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 10:00AM. 

⚠️ Posters cannot be accepted after this deadline, as preparations for the CNF Annual Meeting will be underway. Please plan accordingly to ensure your poster is received on time.

If you did not provide this information during registration, please email Emma Carlo by November 13:

  • Poster Title
  • Author(s)
  • PI Name
  • Department
  • Email

💡 Poster Preparation Resources

  • Check out this link for Poster Design Tips.
  • Posters may be printed through Mann Library (or another printing service).
  • If you experience any technical issues while preparing or printing your poster, please reach out to the CNF IT team - Karlis Musa or Dave Botsch - for assistance.

✅ Poster Submission Checklist

Please copy and review this checklist before submitting your poster:

☐ Reviewed the Poster Design Tips link
☐ Poster formatted to 30" x 40" (portrait)
☐ Printed through Mann Library (or other service)
☐ Submitted by Thursday, November 13th at 10:00 AM
 

🏆 Judging Criteria

👁️ First Impression

  • Easy to read at a glance?
  • Color scheme eye-friendly?
  • Too crowded?
  • Logical flow of information?
  • Stimulates interest/discussion?

📐 Layout

  • Visually organized or cluttered?
  • Easy to follow research progression?

🔤 Readability

  • Legible font size/style?
  • Too much text?
  • Grammar/spelling mistakes?

🧩 Title & Identification

  • Clear and appropriately specific title?
  • Authors clearly listed?
  • Contact info included?

🎯 Aims and Objectives

  • Research goals clearly stated?

⚙️ Methods

  • Are methods detailed, appropriate, and original?
  • Sufficient explanation?

📊 Results

  • Are graphs/figures clear and labeled?
  • How complex are they?
  • Results clearly presented?

📈 Conclusions

  • Do they align with research goals?
  • Is there a memorable takeaway?

🔬 Scientific Content

  • Research context provided?
  • Accessible to experts and non-experts?
  • Sufficient scientific explanation?

🎓 Student Engagement

  • Does the student show enthusiasm and ownership?
  • Can they explain their research well?

📧 Questions?

Contact us!