Submissions open for Fifth EVIDENT Image of the Year Award

The fifth Global Image of the Year Scientific Light Microscopy Award recognizes the very best in scientific imaging worldwide. For the first time, the contest includes a new video category to show the art of capturing small changes in motion under the microscope.

Prize Information

• The global prize and three regional prizes for Asia, Europe, and the Americas will be awarded to the scientific images that receive the highest scores. Additional prizes will be awarded to the global winner of a dedicated category for video and the winner of a dedicated category for materials science and engineering images.
• The Global Photo Winner SZX7 Microscope with DP23 Digital Camera or UPLXAPO Objectives 4X, 10X, 20X, and 40X.
• The Global Video Winner and Each Regional Winner CX23 Microscope OR SZ61 Microscope.

Eligibility Criteria

• This global Competition is open to any person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age or older at the start of the Competition Period, excluding those persons who reside in the province of Quebec, Canada, the country of Cuba, any territory or possession of the United States except for the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, or where prohibited by law. Evident and its Affiliate’s directors, officers, or employees (including part-time staffs and temporary staffs), including their respective family members, are hereby ineligible for participation in this Competition. Furthermore, a person who is or has any relationship with a member of any Antisocial Force shall not be qualified to apply for the Competition. (In this provision, the Antisocial Force shall mean an organized crime group, a member of an organized crime group, a related company or association of an organized crime group, or any other person or group engaged or involved in organized crimes.) Each eligible participant entering the Competition shall be referred to herein as “Participant”. “Affiliate” shall mean a corporation, company or other entity, foreign or domestic that controls or is controlled by or is under common control with Evident here to.

Competition Rules

• Anyone over the age of 18 can participate. Evident employees, their families, the judges, their families, and individuals engaged in the manufacturing or sales of microscopes are excluded from participation.
• For the still image competition, you can upload up to three images. All images must be JPEG or TIFF and have a maximum file size of 10 MB. For the video image competition, you can upload a video file. The video file must be in an MPEG, MP4, or AVI format and have a maximum file size of 1 GB.
• Images and videos do not need to be taken with an Olympus-branded microscope. No purchase necessary to enter or win.
• Images and videos must be taken by the entrant using a light microscope. Images taken with an electron or any other microscope(s) that do not capture imagery using optical light technology are not eligible.
• Macro photography and videography are not eligible.
• After participating in the competition, your image or video might also be depicted in Evident campaigns worldwide and you grant us the corresponding rights of use. You will be credited as the content creator, so please be aware that you must be the originator of the uploaded images or videos and that the images or videos must be free from any third-party rights.
• The jury will judge the submitted images on artistic and visual aspects, scientific impact, and microscope proficiency.

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