1. Read our eligibility criteria, and detailed guidance and small print  

2. Write a short description (maximum length - strictly 150 words) 

This should explain what the viewer can see and the benefits of this research to you, your research field/sub-discipline, collaborators or the public/society in general. 

3. Submit your entry via our online form. 
 

Entries open: Monday 5 August 2024

Entries close: Monday 23 September 2024 

Description guidance 

Each submission must include a short description of what the viewer can see and the benefits of this research to you, your research field/sub-discipline, collaboratorsor the public/society in general.  

It will be read by members of the general public and other non-specialists so you must ensure that you use plain English and no jargon. Maximum abstract length: strictly 150 words. 

Image file size 

1. High resolution, ideally approximately 300 dpi circa 7-8 megabytes. If the file is too big to upload, we recommend using WeTransfer instead and sending to r.s.euesden@exeter.ac.uk. 
2. Either jpg or tif format (no gif files will be accepted). 
3. Full colour or black & white. 

Images can be submitted in portrait or landscape orientation. The overall presentation of your submission may vary depending on which orientation you choose.

*Please note that entries that do not conform to the specifications for the image file or description will be rejected*  

Eligibility 

The competition is open to all early career research staff. Typically this will be research-only staff (grades E-G), but we welcome applications from academic, research and technical staff who consider themselves to be early career researchers, including, for example, lecturers, experimental officers, research software engineers. Postgraduate research students currently studying for a PhD are not eligible.   

Subject limitations 

Images must be from research undertaken in the last two years and undertaken while at the University of Exeter. No nudes or portrayals of illegal activities. Submissions that, in the sole discretion of the judges, are considered inappropriate or unsuitable for publication will be deemed ineligible and removed from the competition.  

Copyright 

The University of Exeter retains the right to use all submitted images — including those not chosen to win prizes — in promotional materials without further permission from, or compensation to, the photographer. Credit will be given to the photographer if reproduced. Please credit the photographer within the 'collaborators' section on the entry form. Photographer will retain copyright. 

Liability 

By entering this contest, if your entry is deemed eligible, you consent to the use of your name, biographical information, winning entry and any statements attributed to you, or photographs of you taken subsequently, being used for promotional purposes without additional compensation to you. As such, you hereby grant to the University of Exeter a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce works based on your submission without any obligation to compensate you. 

The University of Exeter shall not be liable in any way for a submission. It is the responsibility of the photographer to secure permission from identifiable persons in their photographs by ensuring that they have written permission to use the image. 
 
You represent and warrant to the University that (i) you are the sole and exclusive owner of your submission, or that you have all right and authority to grant the rights in the submission to the University described herein; (ii) you have obtained any and all releases necessary from all persons (or their legal guardians) depicted in the submissions.