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Poster Prizes

For the Spring 2026 Symposium, students were invited to submit their poster to be considered for the below poster prize categories.  Poster prize winners are recognized at the symposium, receive a monetary prize (check), and have their poster displayed at the OUR Awards Ceremony and later in the library.  The J. Willard Marriott Library is excited to showcase the symposia's award-winning posters in the Level 1 classroom hallway, adjacent to Starbucks. This high-traffic location provides our diverse campus community the opportunity to explore the impactful work of the University of Utah’s top undergraduate scholars.

All posters are scored using the OUR poster evaluation rubric.

Spring 2026 Poster Prize Winners

Best Overall Poster

Best in Humanities and Fine Arts

Best in Medicine, Health, and Wellness

Best in Social Sciences

Best in STEM

About the Poster Prize Process

  • When registering for the symposium, students will indicate whether or not they want to be considered for poster prizes. Those students who want to be considered will be required to submit a .jpg or .png file of their poster by the deadline indicated.  A link to the poster submission form will be sent to those students after they register.

    Note: Students who do not want to be considered for poster prizes, even if they indicated it on their registration form, do not have to submit their poster ahead of time.

    Reminder: All students, including those who submitted their poster for prize consideration, should print out their own actual poster and bring it to the symposium. Click here for instructions on printing and where to print, etc.

  • Poster Prize Categories - Spring 2026

    • Best in Humanities and Fine Arts
    • Best in Social Sciences
    • Best in STEM
    • Best in Wellness, Health and Medicine

    Jury prizes may also be considered for societal impact, poster visuals, citations/literature reviews, and research narrative. 

  • Posters submitted for poster prize consideration will be reviewed virtually by evaluators. These evaluators will score posters based on the category the poster is being considered. A committee will convene, review all scores, and determine winning posters based on overall scores.

    During the symposium, poster evaluators also evaluate all presentations in person. Poster presentations will be evaluated by faculty, graduate student, and postdoctoral scholar raters against undergraduate research learning outcomes identified by the OUR.  The poster evaluators will use this rating rubric.

    For questions, contact our@utah.edu.

  • We are grateful to the poster evaluators who reviewed the posters submitted for the symposium poster prizes. Thank you also to the following poster prize committee members: 

    • Annie Isabel Fukushima, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies and Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
    • Greg Hatch, Creativity & Innovation Services Head, Marriott Library
    • Shane Wallace, Associate Librarian, Marriott Library
    • Shelly Parker, Program Manager, Office of Undergraduate Research
    • Angie Levia, Academic Program Manager, Office of Undergraduate Research
    • Sara Cody, Program Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate Research
    • Cade Faragher, Outreach Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate Research

  • The poster prizes are made possible by our generous 2025-2026 bronze sponsor Maschoff Brennan.

Poster Prize Winners