BMI Science Illustration Contest

Goals

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• Highlight some science achievement in the Department.
• Create a pool of nice illustrations to use in our social media
• Encourage the connections between scientists and general audience for vulgarisation/outreach.

 

Topics of the Illustrations

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• Lab sciences results (microscopy, results from bench, films…)
• Illustrations (can be models, theory concepts, science in general…)
• Photography (lab, equipment,…. except people)

 

Participants

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• Undergraduate (TMM) and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates, technicians and staff of the department.
• There is no limit of numbers of illustrations that can submit a participant.

 

Submission Dates

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• January 31^st, 2017 = 1^st Edition
• July 31^st, 2017 = 2^nd Edition
• January 31^st, 2019 = 3^rd Edition

 

Winners

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• The Communication Committee members will vote.
• Criteria used to select the winners: accuracy, originality, visual quality, information capacity...
• Winners of the First Edition
• Winners of the Second Edition
• Winners of the Third Edition

 

Prizes

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• One 1^st prize of $200
• Two 2^nd prizes of $100

 

Submission

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• Electronic (JPEG)
• Resolution 300 DPI minimum
• Fill the Application Form (one per illustration).
• Send both documents (Illustration and Application Form) by email to BMIcomm@uottawa.ca before the deadline.

 

Announcement of winner

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• On website and Social Media, 30 days after the date of submission.

 

Copyrights

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• Submission of an entry constitutes consent to use the participant’s name and illustration, including posting on the department website, related print and social media, without compensation.
• Entries must be composed of original, authentic, unpublished material and must be the sole property of the participant, not previously submitted in any other contest or publications of all sorts.