Basanta Poster Competition in Legal Medicine

The Basanta Poster Competition in Legal Medicine is an annual competition hosted by the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) that provides an opportunity for students, young professionals, and members/fellows to present their research on topics related to legal medicine.

The first prize Basanta award may be given for each of the three categories of eligible participant authors:

1. Student: includes any college students, postgraduate students (law student, medical student, medical resident, medical fellow, etc). This includes the 2027 postdoctoral and student papers that did not win an award for their paper.
2. Young professional: includes any professional under the age of 40, or those of any age having completed their professional education or training within the preceding five years.
3. ACLM Fellow or ACLM member.

Entries meeting the following criteria will be considered for the Basanta Award:

• At least one participant author must be eligible as above.
• The poster (abstract) must be presented at the 67th Annual ACLM Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
• Posters (abstracts) that appear to be advertisements for a business or service or that endorses or promotes a product will not be accepted.
• No more than five posters will be accepted from a single first author.
• Each entry must be submitted by the deadline in the requested format, submitted by the deadline, and submitted by email at the designated email address.

1. All posters must be in PowerPoint or Google Slides and information must fit on a single slide.
2. All abstracts of posters must be in Word or Google Doc with standard letter size paper with one-inch margins on all sides, in 12-point Arial font, and should not be more than two pages in length.
3. All posters (abstracts) must list each author’s name followed by their degrees, position, institution, city and state, and email address. If multiple authors are from the same institution, their names, degrees, positions, and email addresses should be listed followed by the institution, city and state.
4. The poster (abstract) title should be centered and boldfaced.
5. The authors are responsible for receiving permission to republish any copyright material such as a chart or figure.

Deadline: Wednesday, January 18, 2027 at 11:59 pm pacific is the deadline for submission of papers.

Submit by email: Posters (abstracts) must be sent by email to info@aclm.org

The poster presentation will take place on February 27, 2027.

• All posters (abstracts) will be judged by the Student Awards Committee based on originality, relevance, thoughtfulness of analysis, and quality of writing. The Committee’s decisions are final and may not be appealed. The Committee reserves the right not to award prizes if the entries do not meet the standards set by the Committee.

• The Basanta Award may be presented to each of the three categories: : student, young professional, and ACLM Fellow/member
• Winners in each prize category will receive a plaque and $500.
• Each winner will receive a complimentary one-year membership in the American College of Legal Medicine.
• All abstracts/posters will be considered for publication in The Journal of Legal Medicine.

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Please direct all questions to info@aclm.org.