Research Poster Resources

Research Poster Guidelines & Templates

Printing resources

CEHD offers wide-format printing for free to students and faculty. Instructions available at CEHD Sky.

NOTE: For best results, please use the 31.5" x 42" templates below, they are scaled down in order to fit the printer roll.

Information about large-scale printing at Coffman Memorial Union computer lab.

CMU charges $4.50 per square foot, with a minimum cost of $10. Printing one of the 3' x 4' templates costs $54.

Design/Layout resources

CEHD Poster Session Resources: Resources and design tips from the CEHD Coffee Break for Grants.

Creative Commons Flickr: Free images to use, however you must follow the Creative Commons attribution rules.

UMN Library Communicating Research: Videos and tutorials on effective poster design, created by the University Libraries.

URelations Photo Library: University owned photos free for download and use by University faculty, staff, and students.

Poster Templates

Templates are available for professional conferences or displays. These templates already have the UMN/CEHD/FSOS branding in place, and are ready for content.

All templates are in .PPTM format (macro-enabled) and can be used in Microsoft Power Point 2007 or higher. The templates have the ability to incorporate "smart art" for diagrams; there are "smart art" placeholders in the templates that can be deleted.

31.5" by 42" Templates Use these templates for printing on CEHD's wide-format printer.

Three column poster template with maroon background and gold headers (you can change any of the colors).

Four column poster template with gray background and green headers (you can change any of the colors).

3-foot by 4-foot Templates

Three column poster template with maroon background and gold headers (you can change any of the colors).

Four column poster template with gray background and green headers (you can change any of the colors).

I want more templates! Do you have more ideas for templates? Drop an e-mail to FSoS Info to let us know about what you would like to see in a poster template.