2026 ICOB Poster Competition
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2026 ICOB Poster Competition
The 2026 ICOB poster competition will be held on November 5th. Poster competition offers a great chance to interact with colleagues and to encourage young researchers to attend academic seminars. Please submit your English abstract before 17:00, October 16th, 2026 through link: https://forms.gle/8KSQyQ5TX8rzyXz69
Procedure: On the competition day, all posters should be set up before 10 am on the first floor (Poster board: wide 90cm* height 120cm). To encourage interactions among ICOB members and contestants themselves, we will invite all ICOB members to join the activity from the morning of the competition day. Contestants will be divided into 2 groups according to their poster numbers (odd/even). Contestants should present their poster at the scheduled time of their group in the morning (Odd number: 10:00-11:00; Even number: 11:00-12:00) so they may have the chance to interact with other contestants during the non-scheduled time. All contestants should present their posters from 13:00-14:30 for PI evaluation. In addition, a 5-minute oral presentation power point is highly recommended for every presentation.
Evaluation: The evaluation will be conducted in 2 ranking-based phases. In the preliminary phase (13:00-14:30), ICOB PIs will serve as judges and select 2 posters from each poster group for the 2nd phase. The list of contestants advancing to the 2nd phase will be announced before 15:00. In the 2nd phase (15:00-16:00), each contestant will be given 5 minutes, for English oral presentation (including Q and A) in the auditorium. Please prepare PowerPoint slides for a 5-minute “flash talk” in advance. All PIs are judges in the 2nd phase.
Judging and weighting criteria
1st phase: abstract (30%), research merit (30%), poster design (20%), presentation skill (20%).
2nd phase: research merit (60 %), presentation (40%, including time control, ppt design, etc.)
For Most Popular Poster Award evaluation, ICOB students, research assistants, and postdocs can participate as a judge (except for PIs). Each member will receive 5 stickers on site to vote for their favorite posters on the voting board from 14:00 to 14:40. Contestants shall NOT vote for himself or herself, and people shall NOT vote for the same poster more than once.
Awards:
- Outstanding Poster Award winners (salary funded by Academia Sinica) may receive subsidy for either one overseas or one domestic academic seminar. (NT$50,000 for overseas academic seminar or NT$5,000 for domestic academic seminar).
- Excellent Poster Award winners (salary funded by Academia Sinica may receive NT$5,000 as the subsidy for one domestic academic seminar. Subsidies need to be reimbursed on an accountable basis in 2027 (from Jan. 1st 2027 to Dec. 15th 2027).
- Most Popular Poster Award winners will receive a certificate of merit.
PS. 1: If you have won the poster award, please do NOT use the same content for this year’s competition. You are required to self-report the years and awards you have received.
PS. 2: For poster winners, please leave your poster on the poster board for one-year display. For all other participants: Please collect your posters by 16:30 on the day of the event.
November 5, 2026
09:00-10:00 Poster setup
10:00-11:00 Poster presentation (Odd number)
11:00-12:00 Poster presentation (Even number)
13:00-14:30 Poster presentation and evaluation (all contestants)
14:00-14:40 Most popular poster award voting (all participants can vote except for PIs)
14:30-15:00 Break
15:00-16:00 Oral presentations of selected posters (Auditorium; all PIs)
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-16:30 Award ceremony