SNSF Scientific Image Competition

The SNSF Scientific Image Competition encourages researchers working in Switzerland to present their works to the public and the media. Photographs, images and videos will be rated in terms of their esthetic quality and their ability to inspire and amaze, to convey or illustrate knowledge, to tell a human story or to let us discover a new universe.

The next deadline to submit your work is the 12th of February 2017 but do not worry if you do not have time to submit your work this year because the competition is held annually. The prizes will be presented at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography (5-28 May 2017), where the winning images and videos will be exhibited. There is also a CHF 2,000 prize in each category for the winning entry, as well as distinctions.

This initiative has multiple aims:

• to show the growing role of images in scientific research,
• to reveal how scientific work is conducted,
• give a face to the researchers conducting it.

The competition also aims to encourage the media to use more images in their science coverage and make them accessible to the public through exhibitions.

Researchers are encouraged to use their cameras to document the – often unusual – surroundings in which they work, and to give their colleagues a face.

Please have a lot at the SNSF's website for more details and to apply.

Source: SNSF's website