The 35th Annual Public Service and Outreach Meeting and Awards Luncheon will be Monday, March 30, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Morning and afternoon professional development sessions will be offered; the awards luncheon will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m.
See below regarding call for submissions for the poster session.
University of Georgia Public Service and Outreach annual poster session
The poster session at the PSO annual meeting is a principal scholarship opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share the impact of their research and service at UGA. A poster presented at the PSO annual meeting often leads to successful submissions at other key national and international professional meetings.
Scholarly posters share critical information about the work of PSO and our collaborators. They are formatted in a way to clearly and succinctly communicate our scholarship and generate discussion. For the 2026 poster session, there will be three templates available for authors to use when developing their PSO Annual Meeting poster submissions. A new requirement this year is for submission of an abstract as a necessary first step before submitting the poster. Abstracts will be accepted on a rolling basis. The portal for abstract submission is open, and the final deadline for submission is January 28, 2026. Once an abstract is received and reviewed, a link for submitting the poster will be sent to the primary author.
Abstract Guidelines
- Include the following information upon submission of the abstract:
- PSO unit
- Title of the poster
- Abstract (limited to 300 words)
- The category in which the poster should be judged
- Categories: Impact, Partnership, Scholarly Engagement, Innovation, and Research*
- The primary and all secondary authors of the poster including contact information (email address, phone number, mailing address) for each author
- The abstract should not include any photos, figures, or graphics.
- The abstract should highlight the project background and introduction, any key findings and takeaways, as well as collaborations and impacts to include student engagement or community engagement.
*Categories are defined as follows:
- Impact: Explains the community or societal need your project addresses, how UGA expertise was applied, and the measurable results. Include how you assess and demonstrate impact.
- Partnership: Describes collaborative efforts with partners who share responsibility for outcomes; and clearly identifies partnerships with UGA faculty/staff and external organizations (e.g., agencies, governments, businesses, schools, non-profits, other higher education institutions.
- Scholarship Engagement: Shows how researchers (e.g., faculty, staff, students) recognized community members as experts – not just subjects of the work – and worked together as “co-creators” on public-community issues.
- Innovation: Highlights new ideas, methods, or approaches implemented to solve a problem.
- Research: Indicates use of data, metrics, and rigorous methods and shows evidence of how your work contributes to broader knowledge.
Poster Basic Guidelines**
- Include the abstract on the poster
- Important information should be readable from about 10 feet away
- The title should be clear and succinct, and draw interest from attendees
- Total word count for poster content should be less than 800 words
- Text should be clear and focused
- Substitute bulleted lists, numbering and headlines for long rambling narratives and paragraphs.
- Highlight graphics, figures and photos to effectively communicate main points
- Edit content for a consistent and clean layout of the information communicated in the poster
- Include acknowledgements, co-authors and institutional affiliation
- All poster submissions are required to have at least one author present during the conference
**Adapted from: https://guides.nyu.edu/posters