Poster Competition Timetable

Some dates in the timetable are compulsory for all of the participating countries. The beginning of the competition and the deadline for submitting the national winner poster(s) to the ISLP website are the same for all countries. Otherwise, the timetable is indicative and the participating countries may apply it the way they choose.

Phases of competition	Dates	ISLP Director	Country Coordinator and national organizing committee	ISLP Advisory Board/ISLP Executive	Teachers/ Students	ISI
Nomination of members for national organising committees by country coordinator	As soon as possible
Rules, instructions, internet registration form, call for competition	1.2.2024
Finding sponsors/funding for national competition	As soon as possible
Finding sponsors/funding for international competition	As soon as possible
Translation of rules and instructions from English into native languages	As soon as possible
Marketing of competition	15.1.2024 –
Closing date for competition	20.4.2025
Summary of participants to ISLP Executive/Advisory Board/Jury	By 4.5.2025
Preparing posters	1.2.2024 – 20.4.2025
Judging posters in schools/locally/regionally	Country dependent
Submitting the best poster to national committees	Country dependent
Signing up students in the national competition by informing the country coordinator	Country dependent
Judging posters in national organising committees or in separate valuation committee	Country dependent
Organising a poster display and a national award ceremony	Country dependent
Nominating the international judging committee	By March 2025
Submitting the best posters of each country to the ISLP website	Opens 1 February, closes 18 May 2025
Judging posters (international final)	Electronic meeting in May-June 2025
Organising a poster display at ISI2025 meeting (at least winning poster, second and third runner up)	During the ISI2025 meeting
Announcing and awarding the international winners	During the ISI2025 meeting