Image: Developing motor neurons and muscles in E11.5 mouse
(Jess Bell & Mary Whitman, Engle lab, BCH)
A contest from our friends at HBI-
Has your research uncovered something breathtaking in the nervous system? An image you’d love to share with the world?
Send it to HBI! You could win a $200 cash prize and have your work displayed in online galleries, as well as the walls of Harvard science buildings in the future. Up to five awards will be made. A full gallery of last year's submissions can be viewed here. The deadline for entry has been extended to December 18th.
Additionally, all applicants will have a chance to nominate imaging heroes of their choice for consideration to speak at HBI events.
Click to learn more and submit
Eligibility: All students, fellows and staff working in Harvard University or Harvard-affiliated hospital labs are invited to apply. Each applicant may submit up to two entries max, individual or collaborative.
Image Content: We welcome original research images that showcase any aspect of structure or function in the central or peripheral nervous system, its cells or the sub-cellular structures within.
Image Resolution: Applicants should have high resolution files available for any image submitted – something that could be printed on a large poster. We will reach out to finalists to collect the high resolution files as needed.
Restrictions: It does not matter if the image is published or unpublished, as long as the applicant owns the rights. However, images submitted should be recent ones (acquired within the past three years) and should not have won any previous awards. Also, note that images submitted must have been acquired by the applicant while doing work in a Harvard University or Harvard-affiliated hospital research lab.
Permissions: Please check with your lab head before entering to confirm that your image is ready for sharing. We are looking for images that can be entered into a Harvard neuroscience image library and shared widely – from being featured on the Harvard Brain Science website and Twitter feed, to newsletters and donor reports. A credit line naming you and your lab would be included as prominently and close to your image as the display medium allows.