Call “Science in Pictures”

We are seeking your most beautiful picture of research

Research fascinates, creates every day new findings about the world and prepares the technologies of tomorrow. Thereby again and again new pictures are being produced which are unexpectedly beautiful. Filigree structures are disclosed under the microscope, old writings get collected on the desk of the researcher, beautiful mineral distributions remind on modern paintings and colourful simulation data give theoretical research an artistic paint. Often the pictures, which are produced in the lab or on the desk, do not only have scientific values but they also inspire the observer through their aesthetics. What kind of pictures are produced during your work at RUB? The Department of Science Communications is seeking your most beautiful picture of research.

Show us by your picture the artistic side of your scientific work and write us what the motive is all about.

Contest

To participate, please upload your picture via the online-form. This can be, for instance, a photo, a microscopical picture, simulation data or a nuclear magnetic resonance picture – the technique you used to produce the picture does not matter. The only important aspect is that it has to be developed during your research work. Additional to the picture, you must also provide a brief written summary (max 2000 characters incl. spaces) explaining what is seen on the picture and what the most important and fascinating aspect of your research is. All RUB-members who are doing research at the time of the application period in an institution which belongs to RUB, have the opportunity to participate in this contest. To participate, you will need your Rechenzentrum LoginID, the one you also use to login at RUB-email server.

Start of the contest: April 13, 2015
Entry deadline: May 31, 2015

Please notice our detailed conditions of participation including the technical requirements.

Prizes

A jury will choose the best 28 contributions. These pictures will be displayed in a public exhibition in the city of Bochum and will also be published on the Internet. The best three contributions will be awarded with the following prizes:

1. Prize: Apple iPad
2. Prize: Restaurant voucher for two
3. Prize: Voucher for 100 Euros at the restaurant Q-West at RUB-Campus

Via online voting, the audience chooses the best 13 motives which will be printed as a calendar and sold.

Selection procedure

The jury consists of one representative of the field of science, one of the Department of Science Communications, one of the Department of Corporate Advertising, and also an art expert. Criteria for the selection of the winners are: aesthetics of the submitted picture; the relevance of the research related to the picture; comprehensibility of the text and the inspiring power for the research object. The jury holds a meeting at the end of June 2015. The winners will be informed in writing by July 15.