The 2025 Ethel Louise Armstrong Student Poster Competition
Posters will be presented at the 25th Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability.
The Ohio State University – Columbus Campus | April 7-8, 2025
Call for Submissions
The Ethel Louise Armstrong Student Poster Competition and reception is held annually to encourage students to network with the community, professionals, and scholars who share their interests in disability. This opportunity is made possible through the generosity of the ELA Foundation and its founder, Margaret Stanton. The event honors Margaret’s grandmother, Ethel Louise Armstrong, who encouraged Margaret to reject stereotypes, embrace self-determination, and excel in college despite the barriers of a pre-504/ADA world faced by disabled women. Margaret founded the ELA Foundation to "change the face of disability on the planet". The student posters highlight ongoing change and future challenges.
Ethel Louise Armstrong 2025 Student Poster Competition Categories
Helyn Marshall Accessible Arts & Performance Award ($500)
Accessibility or disability-themed or demonstrating access in the presentation for Art or Performance presented at or sponsored by your institution.
Graduate Research Award ($800)
Supervised Student Research
Undergraduate Research Award ($400)
Supervised Student Research
Class Projects Award ($300)
Directed Projects & Papers for a course (Award goes to department to support future projects)
Community Service & Applied Problem-Solving Award ($300)
Projects by service-learning classes, institution sponsored activities, or student organizations focused on barrier removal, improved access, or increased inclusion (Award goes to organization/department to support future projects)
Submission Details
Posters can focus on any aspect of disability. Consideration will be given for work this year’s overall conference theme, Foundations and Frontiers of Access. Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on poster board, display panels, or arranged on a table; digital slides, web pages, apps, video presentations from your laptop, or 3-D models etc.
Presentation materials must fit on a 3’x6’ table or along 6’ or less of wall space. Posters should engage participants for 5-15 minutes. Presenters or their designee must be available to interact during the poster session
Submission Deadline: March 12, 2025 (Anniversary of the Capital Crawl)
Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the following information:
- Title of Poster – Nine word maximum
- Competition Category (choose one)
- Poster Format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, …)
- Description of their proposed poster topic – 500 words maximum
- E-mail address, phone number, and mail address of the coordinating presenter.
- Names of co-presenters, if applicable.
- As appropriate, university, department, grant, course, or student organization affiliation
- Name of the faculty member, department, or organization advisor associated with the project, if applicable. Letter of support by separate email to ada-osu@osu.edu.
- Name of individual, department, or organization to receive cash award should the poster win.