• Open to undergraduate and graduate students.
• All submissions must identify an IU faculty mentor.
• Entries are limited to one poster per student.
• Poster proposals must be submitted by Friday, November 20 to be entered in the competition.
• Winners will be announced by the end of the semester.

• Clear argument and link to UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
• Include a project description and/or research question, literature review, sources, methods, findings and conclusion
• International dimension
• Originality and creativity

Basic requirements

• Dimensions: 768 x 512 pixels 
• Quality: 150 dpi or less
• Size: maximum file size: 2MB
• Title of project displayed prominently
• Student and faculty mentor names included in design

Content

• Background: Poster explains central problem or impetus for project’s creation.  This background informs the goal/thesis/hypothesis of project. 
• International focus: Make a connection between local and global efforts as well as a direct connection to SDG 9.
• Methodology: Poster leads audience through your process for solving the problem or working toward goal.  
• Optional Conclusions: Findings/accomplishments/progress with respect to the goal/hypothesis of the project. 
• Optional Recommendations: Critical look at the future of your work.  Ambitious next steps?  Who/what groups should be involved?
• Pictures and graphs are labeled properly and serve purpose in explaining content.
• References are cited within sections or at the bottom of the poster.

Visual Appearance and Creativity

• Text is easily readable.
• Poster appears to have a unifying color/stylistic theme.
• Pictures and text appear in relatively equal proportion.
• Pictures are of high resolution and do not appear pixilated.
• Graphics are used to visually display tabular material.

Conventions and Voice

• The poster has no spelling errors.
• The poster has no grammatical errors.
• The poster content is written in an academic tone.

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