Scientific poster templates

Seventeen conference poster templates designed for researchers, PhD students and students in health, sciences and humanities. Each one handles A0 layout automatically: columns, cards, charts and QR.

Pick the template that matches your field and study type, then customize colors, sections and data. Export a print-ready A0 or A1 PDF at 300 DPI.

High-impact layouts

Visual formats

These five templates prioritize one main image or the results while preserving the poster's scientific sections and data.

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Graphical abstract

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Portrait layout with a large graphical abstract and banner sections. For illustrated posters where the diagram carries the main message.

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Asymmetric hero image

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Narrative portrait layout with a dominant right-side image, overlapping text blocks and lower figure cards. For a strong photo, organism or illustration.

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Central radial

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Dark two-column poster built around a large central circular visual. Ideal for an animal, object, prototype or molecule.

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Offset image + grid

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Landscape layout with an offset circular image on the left third and a results grid on the right. Suited to products, materials and protocols.

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Conference panorama

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A0 landscape adaptation with a double-width central results area framed by context, methods and discussion. Suited to dense quantitative studies and international conferences.

Academic and specialized templates

Twelve structured layouts for conventional needs, from IMRaD cards to the billboard and dense dashboard.

Modern cards, 2 columns

Gradient header, cards with a colored title bar, big numbers and a donut chart. The go-to layout for a medicine, public-health or quantitative social-science poster.

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Modern cards, 3 columns (dense)

A very dense three-column conference format with title-bar cards. For rich studies with many sections, tables and results to present.

Sciences (tabbed cards)

Bordered cards with a title tab, white background, plenty of room for diagrams. Built for experimental sciences: chemistry, biology, physics, engineering.

Editorial (qualitative, A B C)

Elegant monochrome, sections marked with an A / B / C badge, verbatim quotes highlighted. Ideal for qualitative research, humanities and dissertations.

Central figure (framed by the text)

One large diagram in the center, framed by text in side columns. Perfect when a figure or a conceptual model carries most of the message.

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Billboard (key message + QR)

Betterposter style: one giant key result in the center, the detail in a side bar and a QR to the paper. To grab attention from across a conference aisle.

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Side panel

A full-height color column on the left (title, authors, contact, QR, logos), content on the right. Modern corporate look, very readable from a distance.

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Minimalist (typographic)

No cards, sans-serif, thin rules and lots of white space: strong typographic hierarchy, a single accent color. The most modern, minimalist look, for any discipline.

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Color blocks

Each section becomes a solid colored block with white text. Highly graphic and readable from afar: ideal for public health, prevention and outreach.

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Numbered steps

Sections become numbered steps 1, 2, 3 with a badge on top. Ideal to present a protocol, a clinical trial or a methodology.

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Thesis (understated)

Classic academic look: elegant serif, subtly tinted boxes, ink-and-gray palette. For conservative faculties and thesis defenses.

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Dashboard (figures)

Three dense columns, graphite-and-amber palette. Built for highly quantitative posters: put your key figures, charts and tables front and center.

How to choose your template?

The right template mostly depends on the nature of your results and your field. A few pointers:

Quantitative study (figures, tables, charts): Modern cards, Dashboard or the 3-column format for high density.
Qualitative research or humanities: Editorial with badges or the sober Thesis layout, with verbatim quotes highlighted.
Experimental sciences with diagrams: Sciences with tabs or Central figure for a large diagram.
One headline result to stand out from afar: Billboard, with a giant message and a QR to the paper.
International conference or polished presentation: Minimalist or Sidebar, clean and readable at a distance.

Frequently asked questions

How many poster templates does Folio Poster offer?

Seventeen conference-grade templates, from modern cards to a dense dashboard, plus minimalist style, sober thesis, billboard and five high-impact visual formats.

Which templates are free?

Four templates are free (Modern cards 2 columns, Sciences, Editorial and Central figure). The other thirteen are Pro-only, but all show a preview to help you choose.

Can I switch templates after I start?

Yes. You can switch from one template to another at any time in the editor: your content is kept and re-flowed into the new layout.

Do the templates handle charts and tables?

Yes. Every template can display tables, bar charts, donut charts and big numbers (KPIs), rendered cleanly from your data.

What format and resolution on export?

All templates export to A0 or A1 PDF, portrait or landscape, at 300 DPI, ready for your conference printer.

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