You and your students are invited to share your biology education research or mentored student research at the 2025 NABT Professional Development Conference.

The NABT Biology Education Poster Session will be held on Saturday, November 1st. This popular session highlights practices, programs, and research in three distinct categories: general strategies for teaching biology, the scholarship of teaching, and mentored student research.

Posters presented by students are eligible for two competitions, with winners announced onsite at the NABT Conference in St. Louis.

• Student Competition: Biology Education Research - Open to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Posters must concentrate on the presentation of new teaching strategies or programs or contribute new knowledge about biology education, and should include data and relevant analysis. Both in-progress and completed research can be presented in this category, and posters should include research and data on the efficacy of the presented technique or trial. Students must be entered as first authors.

• Student Competition: Mentored Student Research - Open to high school students and undergraduate students at 2-year or 4-year institutions. Posters should effectively present a mentored student scientific research activity in any area of biology. 

• General Category (non-competitive) - Open to all participants. Posters can present the incorporation of new teaching strategies, techniques, or programs. Past posters have even highlighted a new lesson plan or laboratory exercise. Posters that include research and data on the efficacy of presented techniques are particularly encouraged.

Submissions are due on Friday, August 15th. Learn more at the 2025 Call for Posters.