1. The content of the poster can be a comprehensive presentation of your recent research results or a summary of the cutting-edge research in your field. However, all posters must be related to Materials Science.
2. No copyright issues with any elements in the poster.
3. The minimum size for images is 148 mm × 210 mm (horizontal × vertical) at 300 dpi.
4. Posters should be in gif/jpg/png/jpeg/bmp format and no larger than 4 MB.
5. The poster should be submitted to the system along with a valid link on Twitter about the poster before 5 November. Please compress all required documents as a package and then upload to system.
6. Applicants should be PhD students or researchers with a PhD degree in Materials Science or a related field.

Required Application Documents

1. A caption with poster title and brief introduction.
2. An updated CV and a scanned copy of the applicant’s doctorate/student certificate.
3. A link corresponding to a relevant tweet about the poster on Twitter.

To register for the poster prize

1. Register and submit via Sciforum.
2. Tweet about your poster with the title, #MaterialsPoster, @Materials_mdpi and any other relevant subject hashtag(s).
3. Share your poster with as many people as possible.
4. Discuss and answer questions from the community or committee members.
5. Win a prize if your poster is selected as the best!

Evaluation criteria

1. Number of Likes/retweets of each entry by 5 December (20% of the total score)
2. Voting results by poster committee (80% of the total score)

• Originality/Novelty
• Interest to the readers
• Rich in content and coherent
• Significance of content

The winners will be announced on the Materials website and on Twitter by end of January, 2021.

For any questions, please contact materials-marketing@mdpi.com.

Poster Submission Instruction