The University of Sheffield
Faculty of Science

Research Photography Competition

Can you convey your research through an image? We are looking for your photographs that tell the story of the research we do at the University of Sheffield and the people who make it happen.

 

On 28th September 2012 the University will be open to the public for Researchers’ Night - an evening of talks, demonstrations and activities designed to showcase our research to the public. A gallery of your images will be displayed on the evening and visiting members of the public will vote for the overall winner. Researchers' Night is part of Festival of the Mind, a week long festival to celebrate the cultural strengths of the University and City.

 

Who can enter?

The competition is open to all University of Sheffield staff and students.

 

Categories

1.  Research in progress: Images that convey how research is carried out and provide an insight into the methods, techniques and facilities used.

2.  People: Show the people and personalities behind the research with images of researchers and the research community.

3.  Esoterica. A category to encourage the unusual and experimental. If you’ve taken an image using a pinhole camera or mobile phone, used interesting developing or post processing techniques, scanned your vintage slides for historical interest or turned your image into an artwork then send them our way, all weird and wonderful entries welcome!

 

Submission details.

  • Images should be submitted electronically to the address below and accompanied by an entry form (see downloads box on right). Please include an interesting title and no more than 150 words describing the image, any noteworthy photographic details, and a brief description of the research and its applications. This should be written for the general public audience, avoiding jargon.
  • Entries in categories 1 & 2 should offer excellent print quality when reproduced in A3 size in order to be entered into the competition. Category 3 offers more flexibility with file size but please bear in mind that winning images will require some enlargement for display purposes so no thumbnails please!
  • Images and entry forms should be submitted electronically to: photocomp@sheffield.ac.uk
  • A maximum of 3 entries can be submitted per person.
  • Please read and abide by the terms and conditions (see downloads box on right).
 

Deadline

Deadline for submission is 1pm on Monday 10th September.

Please direct any queries to Claire Wilkinson c.h.wilkinson@sheffield.ac.uk

solar cells close up

Dr Jane Herbert

Physics workshops

Dropsophila embryo

The bottom image shows a fruit fly embryo, taken in the University's light microscopy facility by Samantha Warrington, postgraduate student in the department of Biomedical Science. This image won the close-up category at the Society of Biology's Photographic Competition.