Applied Research Day


Judging Criteria
  1. Poster Organization (15 %):
    • Posters should be neat, organized, and concise.
    • Posters should be well-written and contain proper grammar.
    • Judges should be immediately aware of the problem which is addressed and the proposed solution to the problem.
    • Any figure should either: support the main idea of the poster, add relevant background information, or emphasize vital ideas.
  2. Poster Content (25 %):
      If only research
    • Quality/strength of data/results, including significance or novelty of results, as well as how scientifically thorough is the project, overall.
  3. Creativity (20 %):
    • Novelty of problem which is addressed or,
    • Originality of approach to solving the stated problem, if the problem is not novel or unusual.
  4. Communication Skills (15 %):
    • Students should be able to clearly convey the main points of their work to an inter-disciplinary audience i.e. to an audience unfamiliar with their field.
    • Students should be able to defend or elaborate on the main points or conclusions presented in their poster if asked.
    • Students should be receptive to suggestions or criticism.
  5. Potential and relevance to the entrepreneurial spirit (25 %):
    InNUvation's mission is to kindle the entrepreneurial spirit by providing opportunities for education and idea-exchange, thus fostering commercialization and new venture formation.
      If only research
    • Overall potential for the scientific/technical content to be translated into a viable business with proper project management.
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