STEM Research Poster Competition

The STEM Research Poster Competition recognizes outstanding scientific research by 9th - 12th grade students.  Up to 20 students will be invited to compete in the Poster Competition at the Florida Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.  Students who have conducted a research project and demonstrated outstanding presentation skills are encouraged to apply. 

Competition Details 

• Up to 20 Students Accepted
  

Opportunities for Winners

• The Poster Competition winner will receive a sponsored trip to the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. 
• Competitive Poster Session winner, will represent Florida at the national poster competition for cash and prize awards. 

Please note: Students must be a citizen or permanent resident of the US or US territory to be eligible for these government-sponsored awards, travel, and National Competitions.

All applicants must apply through the National JSHS Ideal Logic system. 

Applicaiton Process and Core Rules of the Competition

Registration & Competitive Application 

Changes to regional registration and competitive application process. 

1. Anyone under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign release forms (National JSHS and University of Florida) before they can submit their registration. An email goes to the parent /guardian. Everyone should be advised to check spam /junk folders.
2. Competitive students will submit for consideration for both the Speaker and Poster Competitive Sessions. This means a paper, abstract, and Statement of Outside Assistance are required for all competitive submissions. Students may be invited to either competitive session based on review of their application materials by a University of Florida review panel. 24 students will be invited to present in the speaker competition and up to 20 students will be invited to present in the competitive poster session. If a student would only like to be considered for one session, they can email jsehs@cpet.ufl.edu with their session request prior to the application deadline on January 5th, 2024.
3. Ideal Logic automatically saves. This is true even if a student participant, or anyone else, goes into the wrong registration type, starts to answer, and then exits and begins the correct registration type. It is possible, in these circumstances, for someone to have more than one registration open. The registrant will see both when they log in and can cancel the wrong one from their dashboard. Since you can only register once, when they submit / finalize one registration, the other will not be accessible anymore either to the registrant.
4. Once a registrant hits submit, everything is final. Registrants, including student participants, cannot log back into their registration after they have submitted. They cannot go back in and make changes or add documents after hitting submit. This is a big change from CVENT, so please be aware of this. If you plan to submit an updated version of your paper, abstract, etc., you will not be able to. 

Core Rules - Updated for 2024!

Core Rules of the Competition can be found on the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Website. 

Please note that all regional competitions will follow these guidelines.