Make the tiny, mighty - image competition

Enter your name, contact information, Faculty/affiliation information, and upload your image following the guidance in "image requirements" below.

What does your image show?

• Please explain, in layman's terms, what is depicted in your image. 

Why are you studying or researching this?

• What motivated or excited you to study your research topic? Why do we need to know about or understand what you're researching?

What impact could your work have on the world?

• What does your research mean for businesses/policymakers/the person on the street? What practical applications will it have outside the lab? Don't worry if your work is more fundamental, just explain what the knowledge you're gaining could lead to (even if it might be decades away from fruition).

Please remember to complete these sections using plain English and explain any scientific terms that would be unknown by someone outside of the biotechnology field.

Images must be:

• 300dpi
• at least 2000 pixels on the shortest side
• up to 10Mb
• only .jpg/.jpeg, .png, .tiff, .gif file extensions permitted
• Image title should be your name to help with competition administration

If you need any help with image sizing, please contact enna.bartlett@manchester.ac.uk.

Winners will be awarded a voucher of their choice to the value of:

• 1 x 1^st prize – £100
• 2 x 2^nd prize – £50
• 4 x 3^rd prize – £25

plus images that meet the minimum technical requirements and that are selected by the judges will be included in an on-campus exhibition showing off the power of biotechnology.

Winners will be announced on Monday, 14 October.

Images will be judged based on the submission's ability to address both of the following points:

1. Their aesthetics – is the image visually appealing or intriguing?
2. The impact – does the description of the tiny but mighty thing exemplify what it does and what it means for the world?

Images will be judged by Professor Aline Miller (Professor of Biomolecular Engineering), Professor Daniela Delneri (Chair in Evolutionary Genomics) and Enna Bartlett (Communications and Marketing Manager – biotechnology beacon).

1. Deadline is Wednesday, 09 October 2024.
2. Winners will be announced on Monday, 14 October.
3. Images that don't meet the minimum technical requirements won't be eligible for prizes or inclusion in the exhibition. If you need any help with image sizing, please contact enna.bartlett@manchester.ac.uk.
4. You may enter as many images as you like.
5. Only students and early career researchers are eligible for prizes, but anyone can submit images and have them included in the exhibition.
6. For the purposes of this competition, early career researchers are defined as researchers up to three years post PhD.
7. Images must be your own creation and copyright free, or if they are the result of collaborative work, you must have permission to submit the image to the competition.
8. By entering the competition, you agree to have your image included in the public art exhibition (subject to minimum technical requirements in rule no.2) which will initially be held on campus, but could also be taken off campus in the future.
9. By entering, you grant us permission to use your image to support University marketing activities which could include use on websites and in printed media. Credit will be given where possible.
10. Up to three attempts will be made to contact the winners. If we receive no acknowledgement after three attempts, we reserve the right to select an alternative winner.