ISLP Poster Competition 2026-2027

You may be interested in the ISLP poster session presentation 2015 which has valuable advice about designing and presenting a poster; it was written by James Nicholson, Alejandra Sorto and Pedro Campos.

In the Poster Competition 2026-2027, participants are provided with JMP software. It can be used for analytical and graphical purposes in creation of a poster. However, participants are free to use any tools in their work. The software will be available for students, teachers, faculty staff and country coordinators, who participate in or promote the competition.

Students and instructors can access JMP Student. This is a 12-month license for either Windows or Mac. Codes are no longer needed to access the download of the software. When the form asks for a course, the student or instructor can fill in “ISLP”.

On 23 May 2024, Volker Kraft held an introductory workshop on how to use JMP to create statistical charts, graphs, and many other visualisations. The workshop is a highly recommended resource for those, including teachers, who want to facilitate the usage of statistics in students' posters. Take a look!

Conditions for the possible use of AI in the ISLP International Poster Competition 2026-2027

The poster must meet the conditions expressed in the rules. See the rules below.

In the Primary category, the use of AI is not permitted. If the AI tool is used in the remaining categories (Secondary and University), the following must be taken into account:

1. The use of AI tools must be clearly disclosed, along with a brief description of its purpose and clarification about the prompts used.
2. Students may only use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as support during the development of their project.
3. AI must not replace the student's ideas, critical thinking, analysis, experimental work, or conclusions.
4. Students must not present work that features content generated or assisted by AI as if it were entirely their own. 
5. Projects must be substantially the work of the student, advised by their faculty advisor.
6. To ensure the integrity of the competition, if the above requirements are not met, the jury reserves the right to disqualify any project if there are reasonable grounds to suspect plagiarism or inappropriate use of AI at any stage of the competition. In such cases, the country coordinator will notify the educational institution.

Note: AI tools have made writing easier, but they have also introduced a new challenge: AI-generated content is flagged as plagiarism, even when students use these tools for support and not as shortcuts. The ethical use of AI in academia means being transparent about where you have obtained help and rewriting AI suggestions in your own words. Furthermore, you must always cite your sources if your AI assistant refers you to factual or sourced material.