ECR Image Competition 2024
Applications open on Tuesday 7 May
Want to give the world a glimpse into your research day-to-day? The ECR Image Competition is a creative way for researchers to communicate the work they undertake and showcase it to a wider audience - and to win up to £200 towards their research!
As well as the online gallery here, shortlisted entries will be exhibited at ACCA during the ECR Symposium on Thursday 13 June.
This year's shortlist will be judged by Maggie Symes (Research and Open Scholarship Librarian), Stuart Robinson (University of Sussex photographer) and Susanna Broom (Head of the Sussex Researcher School).
In need of inspiration? Check out last year's entries in the Sway below. We can't wait to see what you submit!
Prizes
First Place: £200 towards your research
Second Place: £100 towards your research
People’s Choice: £100 towards your research
Eligibility
The Image Competition is open to Early Career Researchers (ECRs) at the University of Sussex.
ECR is defined as staff on a research-only contract at grades 6-8, broadly encompassing research assistants, postdoctoral researchers and research fellows.
Postgradute researchers (PGRs) are not eligible to apply.
Entrants should note the following:
- Images must be generated as a result of research carried out while working as an ECR at Sussex.
- Each researcher can only submit one image.
- Submitted images must be accompanied by a title and caption (max. 150 words) that explains what your image shows and how it relates to your research.
- The abstract must be accessible to a non-specialist academic audience.
- Images must be submitted as a JPEG or PNG file. The image resolution needs to be 300dpi. At A4 size that means your photo will need to be about 2500 x 3500 pixels.
- It is the responsibility of the photographer to secure permission from any identifiable persons in their photograph before submitting to the competition.
- Your image must not have been entered into a previous ECR or PGR Image Competition at Sussex.
- The University of Sussex shall not be liable in any way for a submission.
Copyright
The University of Sussex retains the right to use all submitted images – including those not chosen to win prizes – in promotional materials and on the Research Staff website, online galleries and Twitter account without further permission from, or compensation to, the photographer. Credit will be given to the photographer if reproduced. The photographer will retain copyright.
Judges will assess the images according to the following criteria:
Image
- Is the image eye-catching and engaging?
- Does the image effectively communicate the nature of the research?
- Is the image of sufficient technical quality?
Title and caption
- Is the title engaging?
- Is the caption written in a style that is accessible to a non-specialist audience?
- Do the image, title and caption work together to form a coherent and clear narrative?
Key Dates | |
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Applications open | Tuesday 7 May |
Deadline for submitting your entry | Tuesday 28 May, 12 noon |
Entries reviewed by judging panel | Tuesday 28 May - Friday 7 June |
Shortlisted images announced, and online gallery launched | w/c Monday 3 June |
Voting for People's Choice - online |
Monday 10 June - Thursday 13 June, 4.30pm |
Exhibition at ECR Symposium, and in-person voting for People's Choice |
Thursday 13 June, 10.00am-5.00pm |
Winners announced at Symposium prize-giving ceremony |
Thursday 13 June, from 4.45pm |
Research Image Competition 2023 Entries
Contact Us
E: researchstaffoffice@sussex.ac.uk
T: 01273 877979
Research Staff Office, Research and Enterprise Services, Level 1, Falmer House, University of Sussex, BN1 9QF