Science poster competition
Are you a Master's or a PhD student and want to develop your scientific communication skills?
Take part in the next Poster Competition to be held on November 10, 2026.
The goal of the competition is to introduce complex scientific notions in easy-to-understand language. You can choose to present –in lay terms–a topic related to your ongoing research project. You must give an individual or group oral presentation with the help of a poster to showcase your work. The presentations will be delivered in French or English and will be assessed by a jury.
The competition
Online registration between September 28 and October 23, 2026.
- October 6, 2026 between 12:15 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. in Espace 3C (library): information meeting (not mandatory).
- November 2, 2026: deadline to submit the final version (PDF only) of the poster.
- While preparing for the contest, benefit from some training by the SARA program at the library:
- “SARA: Science outreach competition (poster)”: A workshop to obtain personalized feedback on what you are preparing. Register for the workshops and please note that places are limited!
- November 10, 2026: presentation of the posters in front of a jury in kiosks during lunch time (12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.). The poster and oral performance of each team will be evaluated by the members of the jury based on an evaluation grid.
The awards ceremony will take place following the competition. The best posters will be exhibited at the library.
Goals of the competition
- To provide ÉTS graduate students with the opportunity to practice science communication by presenting their research or project topics before a jury and the ÉTS community.
- To enable all members of the ÉTS community to glimpse the diversity and richness of the research topics addressed by graduate students.
Prizes to win in each category
- $500
(and the opportunity to record a video of their presentation with the assistance of a video technician). - $300
- Audience Award: $200
Results of the 2026 Edition
General category:
1st place: Timothée Courtois for his poster "Conception de nouvelles potences pour le patinage de vitesse courte piste et évaluation de leur incidence sur la biomécanique des athlètes".
2nd place: Élisa Salanqueda for her poster "Crash-tests virtuels : le pouvoir des modèles numériques pour comprendre et prévenir les traumatismes cervicaux".
The Audience Award went to Alexis Malaval with "Accélération des calculs pour prévenir le changement climatique".
Sustainable development category:
1st place: Guilhem Chevassus for his poster "Les serres nordiques communautaires".
2nd place: Alexis Luzy for his poster "Dynamiques hydrogéochimiques d’une infrastructure verte urbaine révélée par imagerie géoélectrique" ex aequo with Maxence Dubois "Soudage par induction de structure en fibres de carbone pour l’aéronautique".
The Audience Award also goes to Guilhem Chevassus for his poster "Les serres nordiques communautaires".
- Graduate students and doctoral candidates are invited to present a topic related to their current research project in accessible terms. You may participate individually or as a team of two by submitting a single poster.
- The Dean's Office will be responsible for printing all the posters selected for the competition in 24''x 36'' format (portrait or landscape).
- Posters and presentations will be evaluated by a jury made up of members of ÉTS community.
- All members of the jury will use the same evaluation grid which will be communicated for information purposes to all participants.
- Winners cannot participate in subsequent editions if they are enrolled in the same study program.
For more information concerning formatting standards for science posters, please consult the following resources:
- ptc.uquebec.ca/affiche/affiche-scientifique-numerique (in French)
- guides.nyu.edu/posters
- colinpurrington.com/tips/poster-design/